Regional Availability: A Developer's Guide to Choosing a Region in 2026
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Datacenters First, clarify what the term region means. ‘Region’ is sometimes used to describe a metro area with a group of datacenters (NY or SFO), and in other cases, such as with the DigitalOcean API, ‘region’ is used to specify the exact datacenter (nyc1). There is no connection between DigitalOcean’s datacenters within these metro areas (without user-managed VPC peering), so each datacenter functions as its own region in the context of the API, for example. Some of the regions (ams2, sfo1) are first-generation facilities that predate DigitalOcean’s current architecture.
- ▪Datacenters First, clarify what the term region means. ‘Region’ is sometimes used to describe a metro area with a group of datacenters (NY or SFO), and in other cases, such as with the DigitalOcean API, ‘region’ is used to specify the exact
- ▪There is no connection between DigitalOcean’s datacenters within these metro areas (without user-managed VPC peering), so each datacenter functions as its own region in the context of the API, for example.
- ▪Some of the regions (ams2, sfo1) are first-generation facilities that predate DigitalOcean’s current architecture.
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Regions vs. Datacenters First, clarify what the term region means. ‘Region’ is sometimes used to describe a metro area with a group of datacenters (NY or SFO), and in other cases, such as with the DigitalOcean API, ‘region’ is used to specify the exact datacenter (nyc1). There is no connection between DigitalOcean’s datacenters within these metro areas (without user-managed VPC peering), so each datacenter functions as its own region in the context of the API, for example. Some of the regions (ams2, sfo1) are first-generation facilities that predate DigitalOcean’s current architecture. They run for existing customers who have resources there, but DigitalOcean recommends using an alternative datacenter in the same area.
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