Location · fra1
Cloud servers in Frankfurt, Germany
Run virtual servers, block storage and private networks in Frankfurt am Main, the main internet hub of continental Europe. Billed by the hour from a prepaid balance in euros, never more than the monthly price.
The fra1 location at a glance
- Location code
- fra1
- City
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Network zone
- eu-central
- Addresses
- Public IPv4 and IPv6 per server, private networks, floating and Elastic IPs
- Storage
- NVMe block storage for server disks and volumes
- Billing
- Hourly from a prepaid euro balance, capped at the monthly price
Why Frankfurt
Close to most of Europe
Frankfurt is one of the largest internet exchange points in the world. Servers here reach users across Germany, Central Europe and the rest of the EU with low latency.
Your data stays in the EU
Servers, disks, volumes, snapshots and backups are stored in Frankfurt, Germany. That keeps data residency simple for GDPR and for customers who ask where their data lives.
A complete network
Combine public servers with private networks, a NAT gateway for outbound traffic, Elastic IPs, firewalls and load balancers, all in the same location.
Start a server in Frankfurt
Pick fra1 as the location in the console, or pass it to the CLI, API or Terraform:
odx server create --name web-1 --type s2 --image ubuntu-24.04 --location fra1More in the getting started guide and the locations documentation.
Frankfurt location questions
Clear answers about location, infrastructure and billing.