GLWS · Dubai / United Arab Emirates
Our Middle East location. Dubai suits users across the Gulf and applications that serve visitors between Europe and Asia. Test real routes to your audience before you decide.
Where it is and who it suits.
LOCATION
Coordinates mark the city centre.
FACILITY
Where your servers in Dubai run.
Equinix
An interconnection hub for the Middle East and home of the UAE Internet Exchange.
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Two things to think through.
Users in the Gulf, East Africa and South Asia reach Dubai over very different networks. Test from the countries that matter to you, and include calls to databases or APIs hosted elsewhere in the comparison.
Some projects have rules about where data may be stored. A city on the map does not settle that by itself, so check the requirements for your sector and keep backups somewhere you can recover from.
Distances from Dubai to the closest GLWS locations.
India
About 1,940 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 19 ms.
Italy
About 4,660 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 47 ms.
Sweden
About 4,760 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 48 ms.
Switzerland
About 4,760 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 48 ms.
Distances are straight-line between city centres. The minimum round trip assumes light in fibre at about 200,000 km a second and a straight cable. Real routes are longer, so always test from your own audience. For a second site that survives a regional outage, Milan is about 4,660 km from Dubai.
A nearby server is only one part of your application.
Compare the route from the audience networks you expect to serve. Test real requests, not only a location label.
Count remote APIs, databases, sign-in providers and backup destinations when you plan.
Write down how data is restored and who can do it. A copy in another location only helps if you can recover from it.
Pick a product, then choose Dubai in the configurator.
KVM virtual servers for websites, applications and development.
Whole machines, with regional options.
Rack space, power and connectivity for your own hardware.
Quick answers before you choose.
Servers in Dubai run at Equinix DX1, Units F 88–92, Dubai Production City, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Yes, for any product that offers this location. Your choice is saved with your configuration.
Test response times and throughput from representative audience networks. Include application dependencies and measure during periods relevant to your users.
Compare data handling, resource availability, backup arrangements and the practical process for recovery or on-site work.