GLWS · Paris / France

Paris.
GLWS hosting close to your users.

Our French capital location. A natural choice for French audiences and for applications that serve western Europe, alongside London and Frankfurt.

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At a glance.

Where it is and who it suits.

LOCATION

Paris, France

Region: Europe
Country: France
Coordinates: 48.86°, 2.35°
Suits: French users and western European traffic.

Coordinates mark the city centre.

FACILITY

GLWS facility in Paris.

Where your servers in Paris run.

Telehouse

Telehouse Paris Voltaire

137 Boulevard Voltaire, 75011 Paris, France

A major central Paris colocation site and home of the France-IX internet exchange.

Colocation space: 7,000 m²
Power: Two 10 MW public-grid supplies
Backup power: Six 2 MVA generators in an N+1 configuration
Exchange: Home of France-IX

Architectural illustration of a data centre in Paris

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · View larger map (opens in a new tab) · 48.8563, 2.3839

Is Paris right for you?

Two things to think through.

Match the region to your users

If most visitors are in France or nearby, compare Paris with Strasbourg and Frankfurt. Real measurements from your audience should decide, not the city name.

Look at the whole request path

A fast server can still wait on a distant database or API. List every service your application calls, and check where each one lives.

Nearby locations.

Distances from Paris to the closest GLWS locations.

London

United Kingdom

About 340 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 3.4 ms.

Strasbourg

France

About 400 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 4.0 ms.

Amsterdam

Netherlands

About 430 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 4.3 ms.

Frankfurt

Germany

About 480 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 4.8 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 5,250 km from Paris.

Look at the whole request path.

A nearby server is only one part of your application.

Paris 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 Paris.

Pick a product, then choose Paris 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 Paris.

Quick answers before you choose.

Which facility is this?

Servers in Paris run at Telehouse Paris Voltaire, 137 Boulevard Voltaire, 75011 Paris, France.

Can I choose Paris 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.