GLWS · London / United Kingdom
Our UK location. A good point of comparison for a UK audience, especially when your application makes frequent requests to other services in the same region.
Where it is and who it suits.
LOCATION
Coordinates mark the city centre.
FACILITY
Where your servers in London run.
Telehouse
Europe's first purpose-built colocation data centre, and the primary home of the London Internet Exchange since 1994.
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Two things to think through.
London is a useful reference when the audience or administration team is based in the UK. Compare the path to the live database and any services located elsewhere in Europe. Geographic proximity does not replace measurements of the requests the application actually makes.
If choosing between London and another European location, record live-data placement, backup destinations and the operating process. A map pin does not determine legal obligations or contractual arrangements. Confirm those separately and keep the location comparison focused on verified facts.
Distances from London to the closest GLWS locations.
France
About 340 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 3.4 ms.
Netherlands
About 360 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 3.6 ms.
Ireland
About 460 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 4.6 ms.
Germany
About 640 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 6.4 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, Montreal is about 5,220 km from London.
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 London 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 London run at Telehouse North (London Docklands), 14 Coriander Avenue, London E14 2AA, UK.
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.
Other locations in the same region.
France / PAR
French users and western European traffic.
Netherlands / AMS
Apps serving Europe from the Netherlands.
Ireland / DUB
Irish users, or a second European location.