Boston, United Kingdom
Server infrastructure for BIM Services in Boston
Most BIM Services outgrow their first server in one specific place — and it is rarely the one the plan name suggests. For a medium BIM Services business in Boston that is about 6 Cores, 96 GB of memory and 2000 GB of storage on Dedicated Server.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Boston. Your real figure depends on your connection and route, and lands inside this range.
Choose the infrastructure for your workload
Three sizes of business, each sized from an assumed traffic figure rather than a measured one. If you know your own numbers, tell us and the estimate changes with them.
Small BIM Services
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$381.10 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 2 Cores
- 32 GB RAM
- 600 GB storage
- GPU on request
About 0.1 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 22.4 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium BIM Services Most likely here
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$1,026.40 USD USD
per month · Dedicated Server
- 6 Cores
- 96 GB RAM
- 2000 GB storage
- Managed
- GPU on request
About 0.6 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 64 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large BIM Services
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$3,070.30 USD USD
per month · Bare Metal
- 20 Cores
- 320 GB RAM
- 4000 GB storage
- Managed
- GPU on request
About 6.2 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 256 GB of working data.
Configure this build →These figures are assumptions stated out loud, not predictions about your business. Memory, cores and disk can all be raised on the same server later, usually within the hour, with no rebuild and no new IP address — so starting one size below the estimate is normally the cheaper mistake.
Why BIM Services size up this way
Working from about 50,000 visits a month and roughly 26,667 requests a day, storage grows by roughly 120 GB a month at this size, which usually decides the build before CPU does; about 64 GB of data needs to stay in memory to keep queries fast; each request costs real computation rather than a cache lookup, so cores matter more here than on a typical site; and the software is Windows-based, which sets a floor on cores, memory and disk before the workload is considered.
- 0.6 req/sec at peak
- 64 GB working set
- 120 GB/month growth
- Windows
Which tiers suit BIM Services
Including the ones that do not, and why — that is usually the more useful half.
| Infrastructure | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Hosting Managed space on a shared server | Not this one | Shared hosting serves websites; it cannot present a Windows desktop to work on. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Workable | Adequate for light remote desktop work — email, documents, a line-of-business application. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Guaranteed CPU and memory are what make a remote desktop feel like a local one rather than a slideshow. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | The right tier for CAD, BIM and rendering, where the whole machine is in use for hours at a stretch. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Recommended | For teams running several workstations on one physical host, with GPUs available on request. |
BIM Services workloads you can host
Clash detection on a federated model is a heavy, memory-hungry run that people wait on.
- Federated BIM models
- Clash detection runs
- Model coordination
- Revit/CAD workstations
- Common data environment
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Boston is closest to London. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Boston ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 102 miles | 2–5 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 211 miles | 5–10 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 423 miles | 10–20 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 664 miles | 16–32 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 819 miles | 20–40 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 885 miles | 21–43 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1,320 miles | 32–64 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 2,249 miles | 54–109 ms |
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| New York, United States | 3,434 miles | 83–166 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 3,512 miles | 85–170 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 3,905 miles | 94–189 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 4,179 miles | 101–202 ms |
| Miami, United States | 4,416 miles | 107–213 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 4,707 miles | 114–227 ms |
| Dallas, United States | 4,707 miles | 114–227 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 5,294 miles | 128–256 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 5,376 miles | 130–260 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Delhi NCR, India | 4,161 miles | 100–201 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 4,467 miles | 108–216 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 4,920 miles | 119–238 ms |
| Tokyo, Japan | 5,851 miles | 141–282 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 5,922 miles | 143–286 ms |
| Singapore | 6,715 miles | 162–324 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 10,504 miles | 254–507 ms |
Distances are from Boston. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
BIM Services in Boston
The closest of our 24 data centres to Boston is London, about 102 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Boston has a population of about 45,339, which is why the medium build above is the one most likely to fit a BIM Services business here — though the other two are a click away if it does not. Local time is Europe/London, so routine maintenance and backups are scheduled against your overnight rather than ours.
Data stays in the jurisdiction you choose, which matters if you are working to the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Pricing is quoted in GBP, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Boston
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Boston | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Londonemea | 102 miles | 2–5 ms |
| Amsterdamemea | 211 miles | 5–10 ms |
| Frankfurtemea | 423 miles | 10–20 ms |
Boston sits in England, and every one of our 24 locations costs the same — so the only thing worth optimising is which of them your users are closest to. At the medium size assumed above, that is roughly 26,667 requests a day crossing that link.
BIM Services hosting in Boston — FAQs
What size server does a BIM Services business in Boston, England need?
Where would the server for my Boston, England business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for BIM Services, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host federated BIM models for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Boston
Same city, different workload.
BIM Services hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.