GLWS · Milan / Italy

Milan.
GLWS hosting close to your users.

Our Italian location. Milan is a good fit for Italian audiences and for traffic across southern Europe. Compare it with Frankfurt and Paris using realistic network tests.

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At a glance.

Where it is and who it suits.

LOCATION

Milan, Italy

Region: Europe
Country: Italy
Coordinates: 45.46°, 9.19°
Suits: Italian users and southern European traffic.

Coordinates mark the city centre.

FACILITY

GLWS facility in Milan.

Where your servers in Milan run.

Equinix

Equinix ML3

Via Ennio Doris, Milano 3 City, Basiglio (Milan), Italy

A large Equinix colocation facility serving the Milan area.

Colocation space: 2,380 m² (25,620 sq ft)
Power: One 3 MW utility feeder

Architectural illustration of a data centre in Milan

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · View larger map (opens in a new tab) · 45.3541, 9.1473

Is Milan right for you?

Two things to think through.

Compare with the other large European hubs

Frankfurt, Paris and Milan serve different audiences. Measure real response times from your users, and include traffic between your application’s own components.

Plan data placement

Treat server location, backup location and data-processing agreements as separate decisions. Record where live data and copies are kept.

Nearby locations.

Distances from Milan to the closest GLWS locations.

Zurich

Switzerland

About 220 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 2.2 ms.

Strasbourg

France

About 360 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 3.6 ms.

Frankfurt

Germany

About 520 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 5.2 ms.

Paris

France

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, Dubai is about 4,660 km from Milan.

Look at the whole request path.

A nearby server is only one part of your application.

Milan 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 Milan.

Pick a product, then choose Milan 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 Milan.

Quick answers before you choose.

Which facility is this?

Servers in Milan run at Equinix ML3, Via Ennio Doris, Milano 3 City, Basiglio (Milan), Italy.

Can I choose Milan 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.