When you finalized to go with Cloudways, you will have to select the best cloud provider and then select the right data center location for your app(s). Many people have no idea about the data center locations available.

So, this guide will cover all the Cloudways server locations. We will also see the classification of the locations. In this way, you will be able to choose the best data center for your app.

Before we get into the locations, section, let’s see what type of data center you will get in Cloudways.

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What type of server is Cloudways?

Cloudways is a managed cloud hosting service that doesn’t have any physical data center. Instead, the company acts as an intermediary which allows you to host your data at different data centers using their platform. In simpler words, you can manage your hosting through Cloudways and the data will be stored at a different data center owned by a different cloud company. Of course, you can choose the cloud provider you want.

The cloud hosting providers from which you can choose the data center include Digital Ocean, AWS, Google Cloud, Vultr, and Linode. All these have different data centers locations.

So, first, you will have to select a cloud provider and then select the data center that you want. The below section will cover what are the options available for the data centers.

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How many data centers does Cloudways have?

There are more than 65 data centers available in Cloudways to choose from.

Here, we will see the list of all the data centers Cloudways have.

To make it easier for you to understand, we will divide the list into continents and countries. This will make your work easier. Don’t worry, if you don’t know how you can select the best data center location, we will also talk about it.

America

We will first see what are the data centers in America. It covers North America and South America. Now, the US alone is a huge area where you can host data centers. So, we have divided it based on the region. As there are many data center locations in Cloudways, you are free to choose the location based on the region.

Many people own a local business and want to have the data center in the same state where they stay. Here, you might get the data center in the same state. Here is the complete list of Cloudways data centers in the American continent.

US Western Region

San Francisco, California
Los Angeles, California
Silicon Valley, California
Northern California

North Eastern

New York, New York State
Newark, New Jersey

North Western

Oregon
Seattle, Washington

US South Central

Dallas, Texas

US-South Eastern

Atlanta, Georgia
Miami, Florida
Northern Virginia
Northern Carolina

US Midwestern Region

Chicago, Illinois
Lowa
Ohio

Brazil, South America

Sao Paulo

Canada

Toronto
Montreal
Fermont

European Data Centers

If you want to host your data in the EU, you can choose one of these locations as the core location of the server. There are 7 different locations available in Europe. Due to less popularity, the data center is only available in one city or a specific country.

France

Paris

Germany

Frankfurt

Ireland

Dublin

England

London (South East England)

Netherland

Amsterdam

Sweden

Stockholm

Belgium

Belgium

Australia

If you have people visiting your website from Oceania/Australia, you can surely select this data center. There is only one data center here.

Sydney is on South Eastern Coast

Asia

Webmasters across the globe have seen a huge increase in traffic from Asian countries over the past few years. If you are also getting visitors, it’s wise to choose the Asian region as your data center. Cloudways have various data centers in the Asian region including India and China. Here, you will find the data centers in many cities which are usually not present in another hosting.

India

Bangalore, Karnataka in South India
Mumbai, Maharashtra located in West and Central India

Singapore

Singapore

Japan

Tokyo in South Eastern Region

Korea

Seoul which is the capital of South Korea

China

Taiwan (Officially Republic of China) in South East Asia
Hong Kong in South China

Bahrain

Bahrain

Cloudways server locations

Now, the above list is all about the cities and the countries where you will find a data center. As you know, there are five different cloud providers, you can go with. So, depending on what cloud provider you select, you can choose these data centers. For instance, if you select Digital Ocean, you can select any of their data centers.

This might again leave any people in confusion on selecting the right location. So, here we will classify the data center based on the cloud provider. We will see which cloud provider has what locations are available for the selection.

Please note that the data center locations in Cloudways might be fewer as compared to the original data center locations of the cloud provider.

Digital Ocean

They have 8 data center locations for Digital Ocean. If you compare it with others, Digital Ocean has the least number of data center locations.

San Franciso, USA
New York, USA
Frankfurt, Germany
Singapore
London, England
Toronto, Canada
Amsterdam, Netherland
Bangalore, India

AWS

If you are willing to go with Amazon Web Services as your cloud, you will get plenty of options to choose from.

Paris, France
Frankfurt, Germany
Singapore
Dublin, Ireland
London, England
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Montreal, Canada
Tokyo, Japan
Seoul, Korea
Mumbai, India
Sydney, Australia
Bahrain
Hong Kong, China
North California, USA
North Virginia, USA
Oregon, USA
Ohio, USA
Stockholm, Sweden
Belgium

Google Cloud

Just like AWS, even Google cloud has a lot of data center locations. You can choose the best one from here.

Frankfurt, Germany
Singapore
London, England
Montreal, Canada
Tokyo, Japan
Mumbai, India
Tokyo, Japan
Taiwan, China
North Virginia, USA
North Carolina, USA
Oregon, USA
Lowa, USA

Vultr

Vultr is a choice of many people. They have most of their data centers in the US but there are many other locations to choose from.

New York, USA
Silicon Valley, USA
Paris, France
Frankfurt, Germany
Singapore
London, England
Toronto, Canada
Amsterdam, Netherland
Tokyo, Japan
Sydney, Australia
Los Angeles, USA
Dallas, USA
Chicago, USA
Atlanta, USA
Miami, USA
Seattle, USA

Linode

Linode has diversified locations. In simpler words, you will find the data centers in all the regions.

Frankfurt, Germany
Singapore
London, England
Toronto, Canada
Fermont, Canada
Tokyo, Japan
Mumbai, India
Sydney, Australia
Dallas, USA
Newark, USA
Atlanta, USA

How do I change my server location in Cloudways?

You surely might be wondering how you can change the server location in Cloudways, right? Sometimes, we can make the wrong choice by mistake, or simply the target location of the business might have changed. In that case, you can change the server location.

Well, it’s extremely easy to change the server location in Cloudways. You can simply clone your server and that’s pretty much it. Thereafter, you can choose the location and change the server.

Don’t worry, we will see the exact steps here.

Head over to your Cloudways panel. Inside the control panel, you will see “Servers” on the top menu. You can simply click on it. As soon as you open it, you will get a complete list of the servers you have. Click on the “⋮” (three vertical dots or vertical ellipsis icon) option right next to your desired server. You will see the “Clone Server” option right there.

It will ask for a confirmation and then you can start the cloning process. This is where you will have to select the cloud provider, location, and the server-side as well. You can select the configuration you want and then hit “Clone server”.

That’s pretty much it. You will have successfully changed the location of the data center.

Cloudways features

We will now have a quick look at the top features in Cloudways.

Free migration.
Free SSL certificates.
You can host unlimited apps.
Auto-healing servers.
24/7 support is available.
SSH and SFTP Access.
Staging area available.
Dedicated firewall.
Secure environment.
Free Automated backups.
Real-time monitoring.
Team management.

There are many core features you will get. Let’s see some of the benefits and features of Cloudways.

Performance with Scalability

One of the best reasons why you need to go with Cloudways is its performance and scalability. Here, you can easily choose the best cloud provider. Cloudways will ensure that you are getting the best performance for all the servers.

As it’s cloud, you can scale it up directly. If you want to upgrade or downgrade the server, you can do it with few clicks.

Ease of Use

Cloudways is a managed cloud provider. So, you don’t need to worry about any technical responsibilities. They will manage all the things for you giving you the best performance you can go with. If you want to go with any of the cloud providers, we highly recommend you to go with DigitalOcean (the most popular choice). They have got a simple easy-to-use panel that will remove all the technical burden from you.

You not only get a simple panel but they also allow you to configure your server without any hassle.

Server Configuration

Cloudways have various packages that you can choose from. It has pay-as-you-go pricing that is loved by everyone. It also has predictable pricing. So, you don’t even have to worry about the pricing. There is no lock-in nor any commitment.

So, it’s safe to say that Cloudways is a great choice to go with. Now, let’s talk about how you can select the best location.

Which server location should I choose?

When you have few options, it’s easier to choose the best one. In Cloudways, you get more than 65 options. Therefore, it becomes harder to select the best server location.

Let’s see a quick guide on how you can select the location that is right for you.

Selecting a Cloud Provider

Most people first choose a location and then select a cloud provider. This is one of the biggest mistakes you will make. As Cloudways acts as an intermediary, not all the locations are available. If you choose to go with AWS, you can only select the location that is available for AWS.

Therefore, you need to select a cloud provider first. Once you have selected it, you will have narrowed down the options. If you want to see which options, you can always go above to the “Cloudways server location” section where we have classified the location based on the cloud provider.

You can then see the rest of the options to select the best location.

Audience Location

The best way that is preferred is to go with the audience location. If you have the majority of the audience from a specific country, you can select the data center in that location. In this way, the website will load at the fastest speed possible. When the server location is near to the user’s location, the data gets served faster.

To make your work easier here, we have also added the exact region where the city falls. So, if you have the majority of the audience from the west region of the US, you can select one of the locations that fall in the west US.

Privacy and Security

The next thing that you can look for is privacy and security. Sometimes, we must host the data in the data centers of the same country. It’s important to understand that all the data centers have to follow the local rules of the country.

For instance, if your server is in the EU, you will have to follow the GDPR. The same goes for other countries. So, you can select the server based on that.

Final Words

To conclude, these are all the Cloudways data center locations. There are more than 65 locations available across the globe. You can select the best one as per your choice.

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We have also seen a quick guide on how you can select the best server to go with. If you have any confusion, feel free to comment below. You can also contact Cloudways support. Their team is extremely friendly and will help you to get started, and even migrate your existing website to them.

With that said, Cloudways remains a reliable hosting you can go with.

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