About Germany
Frankfurt anchors Germany's infrastructure footprint and serves as Europe's largest interconnection hub. Home to DE-CIX, the world's highest-traffic internet exchange, and the continent's densest concentration of tier-1 carriers and cloud on-ramps, Frankfurt is the default anchor for teams delivering into Germany, Central Europe, and the broader European user base.
Zenlayer operates 10 data centers across Frankfurt, providing bare metal, virtual machines, edge colocation, IP transit, Cloud WAN, Cloud Connect, CDN, and the full SDN portfolio. Every product in the Zenlayer stack is available in Frankfurt, giving teams a single-market launchpad for compute, delivery, and private connectivity across Europe.
Germany's position at the geographic and regulatory center of the EU makes it the preferred base for workloads that need GDPR-aligned data residency, sub-20ms reach into neighboring markets (Netherlands, France, Poland, Switzerland), and direct access to hyperscaler regions. Most enterprise deployments into Europe start here before expanding outward.
Compute in Germany
Frankfurt offers Zenlayer's full compute stack: bare metal servers (BMC), virtual machines (VM), and edge colocation for customer-owned hardware. Bare metal is the common choice for workloads that need GDPR-aligned data residency, predictable performance, and direct peering access through DE-CIX.
Typical use cases include regional API endpoints for EU customers, game servers covering DACH and Central European player bases, AI inference nodes positioned close to enterprise cloud regions, and database replicas for hyperscaler deployments hosted in Frankfurt availability zones.
Enterprise hardware
Intel Xeon Scalable. Up to 384 GB RAM. NVMe and SSD storage tiers.
Premium network
100+ Tbps backbone with dynamic, latency-optimized routing.
Instant provisioning
Deploy via Terraform, REST API, or the point-and-click zenConsole.
Flexible billing
Hourly pay-as-you-go with discounts for longer commitments.
Networking in Germany
Zenlayer's Frankfurt presence includes IP transit, Cloud WAN, Cloud Connect, CDN, and the full SDN portfolio (SDN Router, SDN Cloud, SDN VLL, SDN Virtual Edge, SDN DC Port). These services tie directly into DE-CIX, where more than 1,000 networks exchange traffic, giving enterprise teams peering access to tier-1 carriers, content networks, and cloud providers from a single fabric.
Cloud Connect provides private, dedicated links into AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and other hyperscalers operating in the Frankfurt region, bypassing the public internet for lower latency and more predictable throughput. Cloud WAN stitches Germany into Zenlayer's global software-defined backbone for multi-region enterprise connectivity.
IP Transit
Blended carrier routes tuned for the lowest real-world latency.
Cloud Connect
Private, dedicated links into AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle.
Cloud WAN
Software-defined backbone spanning 290+ points of presence.
Edge protection
Layer 3 and 4 DDoS mitigation with real-time traffic filtering.
Colocation in Germany
Zenlayer provides edge colocation across 10 carrier-neutral data centers in Frankfurt, supporting rack deployments for enterprises that need to operate their own hardware alongside managed compute and network services. Facilities span the major Frankfurt colocation campuses, giving customers optionality on power density, cross-connect availability, and proximity to DE-CIX peering fabric.
Frankfurt's colocation market has tightened as power availability in the city center has become a planning constraint. Zenlayer's inventory includes space in both the established city-center facilities and newer capacity in outlying submarkets, which helps teams navigate sourcing challenges on urgent deployments.
Carrier-neutral
Access to 400+ carriers and major regional peering exchanges.
Flexible power
Standard and high-density rack configurations on request.
Secure access
Biometric entry, CCTV, and 24/7 dedicated remote hands.
Rapid turn-up
Cage-to-production cross-connects in days, not weeks.
Cities in Germany
Data Centers in Germany
10 totalFrankfurt
Home of DE-CIX and Europe's largest interconnection hub, the continent's default traffic core.
10 DCs
Frankfurt
Home of DE-CIX and Europe's largest interconnection hub, the continent's default traffic core.
| Services | ||
|---|---|---|
| EU-Frankfurt1(Interxion_FRA6)FRA1 | Interxion | ColoIP TransitCloud WANCloud ConnectCDN |
| EU-Frankfurt10(Interxion_FR13)FRA10 | Telx | Colo |
| EU-Frankfurt11(Equinix_FR4)FRA11 |  | Colo |
| EU-Frankfurt12(DRT_FRA8)FRA12 | | Colo |
| EU-Frankfurt3(Interxion_FRA7)FRA3 | Interxion | ColoIP Transit |
| EU-Frankfurt4(Equinix_FR5)FRA4 | | Colo |
| EU-Frankfurt5(Equinix_FR7)FRA5 | | ColoBMCIP TransitCloud WANCloud Connect |
| EU-Frankfurt6(Equinix_FR6)FRA6 | | ColoIP Transit |
| EU-Frankfurt7(Interxion_FR14)FRA7 | Interxion | ColoIP Transit |
| EU-Frankfurt9(CMI_DE1)FRA9 | China Mobile | ColoBMCIP TransitCloud WANCloud Connect |
FAQs
Common questions about deploying compute, networking, and colocation infrastructure in Germany.
Where are Zenlayer's data centers located in Germany?
Zenlayer operates 10 data centers in Frankfurt, Germany's infrastructure capital and home to DE-CIX. All Germany inventory is concentrated in the Frankfurt metro because the city anchors tier-1 carrier density, hyperscaler cloud on-ramps, and the largest internet exchange in Europe.
What cloud and network services are available in Frankfurt?
Every service in the Zenlayer portfolio is available in Frankfurt: bare metal cloud (BMC), virtual machines (VM), edge colocation, IP transit, CDN, Cloud WAN, Cloud Connect, and the full SDN suite (SDN Router, SDN Cloud, SDN VLL, SDN Virtual Edge, SDN DC Port). Frankfurt is one of Zenlayer's fully-stacked edge locations.
Why deploy in Frankfurt rather than another European city?
Frankfurt combines three advantages that no other European city matches together: the densest tier-1 carrier ecosystem in Europe, direct peering at DE-CIX with over 1,000 participating networks, and immediate access to hyperscaler cloud regions from AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. For workloads serving Germany, Central Europe, or GDPR-aligned EU customers, Frankfurt is typically the default first deployment.
How does DE-CIX peering affect performance for enterprise deployments?
DE-CIX is the world's highest-traffic internet exchange by peak volume, with more than 1,000 participating networks. Deploying inside Frankfurt means enterprise traffic can reach ISPs, content networks, and cloud providers directly through peering rather than transiting upstream carriers, which reduces latency and lowers egress costs for high-volume delivery and real-time workloads.
What are Zenlayer's neighboring markets to Germany in Europe?
Zenlayer operates in the Netherlands (Amsterdam), France (Paris), the United Kingdom (London), Poland (Warsaw), and other major European markets. Frankfurt connects to these through Zenlayer's SDN backbone with sub-20ms latency to most Western European cities, making Germany a natural anchor for multi-country European deployments.
Deploy Infrastructure in Germany
Talk with Zenlayer to design a Frankfurt deployment anchored on DE-CIX peering, hyperscaler on-ramps, and GDPR-aligned data residency.