Account for long routes to other regions
Traffic between South America and North America or Europe takes longer routes. If you need fast access for users on both continents, test a second location and keep data in sync deliberately.
GLWS · São Paulo / Brazil
São Paulo.
GLWS hosting close to your users.
Our South American location. São Paulo suits Brazilian audiences and applications serving Latin America, where routes to North America and Europe are longer.
At a glance.
Where it is and who it suits.
LOCATION
São Paulo, Brazil
- Region
- South America
- Country
- Brazil
- Coordinates
- -23.55°, -46.63°
- Suits
- Brazilian users and Latin American traffic.
Coordinates mark the city centre.
FACILITY
GLWS facility in São Paulo.
Where your servers in São Paulo run.
Equinix
Equinix SP4
Avenida Ceci, 1900, Tamboré, Barueri, SP 06460-120, BrazilA two-storey facility in the Tamboré Business Park, which Equinix describes as home to the most important internet exchange point in Latin America.
- Colocation space
- 107,015 sq ft
- Construction
- Two-storey, concrete block over steel frame
- Power
- N+1 redundancy
- Cooling
- N+1 redundancy
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · View larger map (opens in a new tab) · -23.4980, -46.8180
Is São Paulo right for you?
Two things to think through.
Check local requirements
Brazil has its own data and contractual requirements. A location alone does not make a project compliant, so confirm what applies to yours.
Nearby locations.
Distances from São Paulo to the closest GLWS locations.
Miami
United States
About 6,570 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 66 ms.
Tampa
United States
About 6,900 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 69 ms.
Johannesburg
South Africa
About 7,430 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 74 ms.
Atlanta
United States
About 7,520 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 75 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, Miami is about 6,570 km from São Paulo.
Look at the whole request path.
A nearby server is only one part of your application.
São Paulo 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 São Paulo.
Pick a product, then choose São Paulo 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 São Paulo.
Quick answers before you choose.
Which facility is this?
Servers in São Paulo run at Equinix SP4, Avenida Ceci, 1900, Tamboré, Barueri, SP 06460-120, Brazil.
Can I choose São Paulo 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.