Expect long routes to other regions
Traffic between southern Africa and Europe or North America takes long routes. If your users and services are in different regions, test the round trip.
GLWS · Johannesburg / South Africa
Johannesburg.
GLWS hosting close to your users.
Our location in Africa. Johannesburg suits South African audiences and is a practical base for southern Africa, where routes to other regions are long.
At a glance.
Where it is and who it suits.
LOCATION
Johannesburg, South Africa
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- South Africa
- Coordinates
- -26.20°, 28.05°
- Suits
- South African users and southern African traffic.
Coordinates mark the city centre.
FACILITY
GLWS facility in Johannesburg.
Where your servers in Johannesburg run.
Teraco
Teraco JB1 (Isando campus)
5 Brewery Street, Isando, Johannesburg, South AfricaPart of Teraco's Isando campus, a major interconnection hub in Johannesburg.
- Whitespace
- 8,779 m², fully built out
- Power
- 10.5 MW, fully built out
- Redundancy
- N+1 UPS, cooling and standby power
- Connectivity
- 373 peering networks and one internet exchange
- Opened
- JB1 East opened in January 2010
- Operations
- 24/7 onsite security and technical staff
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · View larger map (opens in a new tab) · -26.1369, 28.1996
Is Johannesburg right for you?
Two things to think through.
Plan power and recovery
Check how a facility handles power interruptions, and keep backups somewhere you can restore from quickly. Rehearse the restore.
Nearby locations.
Distances from Johannesburg to the closest GLWS locations.
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
About 6,420 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 64 ms.
Mumbai
India
About 6,980 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 70 ms.
São Paulo
Brazil
About 7,430 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 74 ms.
Madrid
Spain
About 8,100 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 81 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, Dubai is about 6,420 km from Johannesburg.
Look at the whole request path.
A nearby server is only one part of your application.
Johannesburg and your audience
Compare the route from the audience networks you expect to serve. Test real requests, not only a location label.
Dependencies and data
Count remote APIs, databases, sign-in providers and backup destinations when you plan.
Recovery across locations
Write down how data is restored and who can do it. A copy in another location only helps if you can recover from it.
GLWS VPS plans in Johannesburg.
Pick a product, then choose Johannesburg in the configurator.
Linux VPS
KVM virtual servers for websites, applications and development.
Dedicated servers
Whole machines, with regional options.
Colocation
Rack space, power and connectivity for your own hardware.
Questions about Johannesburg.
Quick answers before you choose.
Which facility is this?
Servers in Johannesburg run at Teraco JB1 (Isando campus), 5 Brewery Street, Isando, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Can I choose Johannesburg when I configure a plan?
Yes, for any product that offers this location. Your choice is saved with your configuration.
What should I measure?
Test response times and throughput from representative audience networks. Include application dependencies and measure during periods relevant to your users.
What else should I compare?
Compare data handling, resource availability, backup arrangements and the practical process for recovery or on-site work.