As part of Anexia (a premier global IT infrastructure group holding the autonomous system AS42473), Netcup has evolved far beyond its historic German single-datacenter footprint.
As of 2026, Netcup delivers high-performance bare-metal and cloud instances across 5 strategic worldwide datacenter locations:
- 🇩🇪 Nuremberg, Germany (NUE): Netcup’s self-operated flagship campus with maximum inventory and zero location fees.
- 🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria (VIE): Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) gateway powered by 100% green hydroelectric energy.
- 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS): Western Europe’s optical crossroads with direct peering into AMS-IX.
- 🇺🇸 Manassas, Virginia, USA (US-MAN): In Northern Virginia’s “Data Center Alley”, immediately adjacent to AWS/Azure East US.
- 🇸🇬 Singapore (SIN): Premier Asia-Pacific connectivity hub terminating major trans-Pacific and intra-Asian submarine cables.
Choosing the right facility directly impacts your application’s Time-To-First-Byte (TTFB), SEO performance, and operating costs. Here is an architectural and benchmark breakdown of each site.
1. Global Multi-Region Specifications & Pricing Matrix
| Code | Location | Core IXPs & Upstream Transits | Monthly Location Fee | Hardware Generation | Ideal Production Workload |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NUE | 🇩🇪 Nuremberg, Germany | DE-CIX Frankfurt, N-IX, Arelion, Lumen | +€0.00 (Base Price) | All Tiers (G12, ARM, G11) | Budget-conscious deployments, continuous CI/CD build nodes, core databases |
| VIE | 🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria | VIX, Interxion, RETN, NTT | +€0.87 ~ +€1.15 | RS G12, VPS G12 | Central/Eastern European markets, 100% green energy ESG compliance |
| AMS | 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands | AMS-IX Direct, NL-ix, GTT, Telia | +€1.30 ~ +€1.58 | RS G12, VPS G12 | Western European e-commerce (UK, France, Benelux), API gateways, transatlantic relay |
| US-MAN | 🇺🇸 Manassas, VA, USA | Equinix Ashburn, Cogent, Zayo, Telxius | €0.00 on select models | RS G12, VPS G12 | North American SaaS, US-targeted online storefronts, financial crawlers |
| SIN | 🇸🇬 Singapore (APAC) | SGIX, Equinix Singapore, Singtel, Tata | APAC Bandwidth Premium | RS G12, VPS G12 | APAC gaming backends, Southeast Asia e-commerce, low-latency regional APIs |
2. Global Latency Benchmark Matrix (Round-Trip Time in ms)
The following benchmark represents measured round-trip time (RTT) from major worldwide points of presence into each Netcup facility:
| Datacenter Location | London (UK) | Frankfurt (DE) | New York (US) | San Jose (US) | Singapore (SG) | Tokyo (JP) | Sydney (AU) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Nuremberg (NUE) | 14 ~ 18 | 6 ~ 9 | 85 ~ 95 | 140 ~ 155 | 165 ~ 185 | 215 ~ 235 | 280 ~ 310 |
| 🇦🇹 Vienna (VIE) | 22 ~ 28 | 12 ~ 15 | 95 ~ 105 | 150 ~ 165 | 160 ~ 180 | 220 ~ 240 | 275 ~ 305 |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam (AMS) | 7 ~ 11 | 8 ~ 11 | 78 ~ 88 | 135 ~ 148 | 160 ~ 180 | 210 ~ 230 | 275 ~ 300 |
| 🇺🇸 Manassas (US-MAN) | 72 ~ 80 | 85 ~ 95 | 8 ~ 14 | 62 ~ 72 | 210 ~ 230 | 155 ~ 170 | 210 ~ 230 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore (SIN) | 165 ~ 185 | 160 ~ 180 | 215 ~ 235 | 160 ~ 175 | 2 ~ 5 | 65 ~ 78 | 90 ~ 110 |
3. In-Depth Datacenter Profiles
1. Nuremberg (NUE) — The Cost-Performance Benchmark
- Facility Footprint: Netcup’s core operational campus equipped with n+1 redundant UPS systems, 72-hour autonomous on-site diesel generators, and modern cold-aisle containment.
- Network Integration: Redundant dark fiber rings directly into Frankfurt’s DE-CIX and regional N-IX exchanges.
- Verdict: The standard choice for all cost-conscious developers. With zero extra location surcharge and instant hardware provisioning, Nuremberg remains the ultimate default.
2. Amsterdam (AMS) — Western Europe’s Connectivity Powerhouse
- Facility Footprint: Strategically positioned right at AMS-IX, one of the world’s most interconnected internet exchanges.
- Network Integration: Unrivaled sub-15ms round-trip times into the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, and Scandinavia.
- Verdict: Shaving 10ms off European transit translates into measurable gains in Core Web Vitals and e-commerce conversion rates. Worth every cent of the modest +€1.30/mo fee.
3. Singapore (SIN) — Direct APAC Ultra-Low Latency
- Facility Footprint: Generation 12 AMD EPYC bare-metal infrastructure deployed within Singapore’s premium carrier-neutral campus.
- Network Integration: Terminates major regional submarine cables connecting Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Japan.
- Verdict: Essential for applications serving the booming Southeast Asian market, completely bypassing trans-Eurasian network bottlenecks.
4. Manassas (US-MAN) — The US Cloud Heartland
- Facility Footprint: Situated inside Northern Virginia’s famous “Data Center Alley” (COPT DC-6 campus), just 50km from Washington, D.C.
- Network Integration: Immediate low-latency cross-connects with major Tier-1 carriers and direct proximity to AWS us-east-1 and Azure East US.
- Verdict: Mandatory for North American consumer-facing applications, SaaS microservices, and transatlantic replication pipelines.
4. Multi-Region Architecture Gotchas & Best Practices
Cloud vLAN operates strictly locally
Netcup’s complimentary Cloud vLAN is a Layer-2 broadcast domain confined to the local datacenter switch fabric. You cannot link a server in Nuremberg directly to a server in Amsterdam via Cloud vLAN. For multi-datacenter clusters, deploy WireGuard, Tailscale, or IPsec overlay meshes.
Location surcharges benefit from 0% VAT
The location surcharges listed in the cart are displayed gross including 19% German VAT. If your account is registered outside the EU (e.g. US, UK, Canada, Asia), 0% VAT applies to both the server base price and the location surcharge, reducing the net surcharge significantly.
5. Live Route Diagnostics via Looking Glass
Validate performance from your local terminal before purchasing:
Official Looking Glass Test IP Targets
# Nuremberg (NUE)
188.68.56.104
# Vienna (VIE)
152.53.0.1
# Amsterdam (AMS)
152.53.16.1
# Manassas (US-MAN)
152.53.128.1
# Singapore (SIN)
152.53.224.1
Run Bidirectional Diagnostic Commands
Execute 100 probe cycles using MTR:
# Example: testing Amsterdam facility
mtr -rwzbc 100 152.53.16.1
For reverse path testing from Netcup’s core routers back to your public IP, visit https://lookingglass.netcup.net/ and choose router1 through router5.