SpainDeployed in Equinix Madrid
Madrid servers in the Equinix Madrid datacenter
Madrid is the de-facto Iberian hosting hub. ESpanix (the Spanish Internet Exchange) is the largest peering point in Spain, and CATNIX (the Catalan IX) sits a couple of milliseconds away in Barcelona. Our Madrid deployment sits in Equinix Madrid campus (MD-series), the largest carrier-neutral facility in the country and the colocation home for most major Spanish ISPs and content networks.
Madrid is the obvious choice for Spanish, Portuguese, Andorran, and Gibraltar audiences. It's also the lowest-latency European entry point for Latin American traffic — submarine cables to Brazil and Argentina land near the Iberian coast, and Madrid is a natural aggregation point for that traffic before it heads further into Europe.
Facility details
Carrier-neutral colocation, redundant power and cooling, and direct internet exchange peering.
- Facility
- Equinix Madrid (MD-series)
- Internet Exchange
- ESpanix, DE-CIX Madrid
- Datacenter Tier
- Tier III+
- Power Capacity
- Multi-MW
- Redundancy
- N+1 power and cooling
- Compliance
- ISO 27001, ENS (Spanish public-sector security)
- Carrier Neutral
- Yes
01Latency
Latency from Madrid
Approximate round-trip times to major destinations.
| Destination | Round-trip time |
|---|---|
| Barcelona (CATNIX) | 8-10 ms |
| Lisbon | 10-12 ms |
| Marseille (FranceIX-South) | 20-25 ms |
| Paris (France-IX) | 22-25 ms |
| Frankfurt (DE-CIX) | 30-35 ms |
| Sao Paulo | 180-200 ms |
Latency values are approximate, based on typical fiber routing between metros. Real-world RTT varies with carrier path, traffic, and TCP retransmission.
02Use cases
Best for
Workloads that benefit most from a Madrid deployment.
Spanish and Portuguese e-commerce where domestic ESpanix peering produces 3-8 ms latency to Movistar, Vodafone, Orange, and MasMovil customers.
LatAm-targeted workloads where Madrid is the closest European peering hub to South Atlantic submarine landings.
Spanish public-sector or regulated workloads requiring ENS (Esquema Nacional de Seguridad) compliant hosting in-country.
03Solutions
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04Questions
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Madrid deployments.
What datacenter is used in Madrid?
Madrid servers are deployed in Equinix Madrid campus, the largest carrier-neutral colocation cluster in Spain. The campus hosts ESpanix, DE-CIX Madrid, and most major Spanish ISP and content peering.
Should I choose Madrid or Frankfurt for Spanish users?
Madrid, decisively. The Frankfurt-to-Iberian-eyeball penalty is typically 30+ ms — that's a major hit on any interactive workload. Madrid is the only sensible default for a Spanish or Portuguese audience.
Is Madrid useful for Latin American audiences?
It's the closest European location. For a single EU+LatAm deployment, Madrid is the right European endpoint — submarine fiber to Brazil and Argentina lands at Iberian coastal stations and aggregates in Madrid. For latency-critical LatAm work, Sao Paulo is still better, but Madrid is the right secondary.
05Configurations
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06Locations
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