GLWS · Seoul / South Korea

Seoul.
GLWS hosting close to your users.

Our South Korean location. Seoul gives Korean audiences a nearby server, which is often better than serving them from Tokyo.

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At a glance.

Where it is and who it suits.

LOCATION

Seoul, South Korea

Region: Asia Pacific
Country: South Korea
Coordinates: 37.57°, 126.98°
Suits: South Korean users.

Coordinates mark the city centre.

FACILITY

GLWS facility in Seoul.

Where your servers in Seoul run.

Equinix

Equinix SL1

Digital Media City, Sangam, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea

A 13-storey Equinix facility in Sangam's Digital Media City, near Seoul's central business district.

Colocation space: 33,174 sq ft
Construction: 13-storey reinforced concrete frame
Power: N+1 redundancy
Cooling: N+20% redundancy
Uptime: Equinix quotes 99.999%+ guaranteed uptime

Architectural illustration of a data centre in Seoul

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · View larger map (opens in a new tab) · 37.5762, 126.9015

Is Seoul right for you?

Two things to think through.

Test against Tokyo

Korean users can reach Tokyo, but real latency and routing vary by network. Compare both from your users’ networks before you decide.

Plan for a local audience

Korean networks and services have their own peering patterns. Include any local third-party services your application calls in the comparison.

Nearby locations.

Distances from Seoul to the closest GLWS locations.

Osaka

Japan

About 830 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 8.3 ms.

Tokyo

Japan

About 1,150 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 12 ms.

Hong Kong

About 2,090 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 21 ms.

Singapore

About 4,670 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 47 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, Stockholm is about 7,430 km from Seoul.

Look at the whole request path.

A nearby server is only one part of your application.

Seoul 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 Seoul.

Pick a product, then choose Seoul 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 Seoul.

Quick answers before you choose.

Which facility is this?

Servers in Seoul run at Equinix SL1, Digital Media City, Sangam, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

Can I choose Seoul 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.