Houston, United States
Server infrastructure for BIM Services in Houston
What BIM Services actually need from a server is predictable performance under load, and enough headroom to grow into. For a large BIM Services business in Houston that is about 20 Cores, 320 GB of memory and 4000 GB of storage on Bare Metal.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Houston. 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
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 Most likely here
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 500,000 visits a month and roughly 266,667 requests a day, storage grows by roughly 480 GB a month at this size, which usually decides the build before CPU does; about 256 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.
- 6.2 req/sec at peak
- 256 GB working set
- 480 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.
Houston is closest to Dallas. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Houston ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Dallas, United States | 225 miles | 5–11 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 701 miles | 17–34 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 942 miles | 23–45 ms |
| Miami, United States | 967 miles | 23–47 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 1,301 miles | 31–63 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 1,371 miles | 33–66 ms |
| New York, United States | 1,417 miles | 34–68 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 1,612 miles | 39–78 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 1,889 miles | 46–91 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 4,848 miles | 117–234 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 5,001 miles | 121–241 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 5,018 miles | 121–242 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 5,214 miles | 126–252 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 5,235 miles | 126–253 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 5,418 miles | 131–262 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 6,124 miles | 148–296 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 7,058 miles | 170–341 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,674 miles | 161–322 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 8,338 miles | 201–403 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 8,380 miles | 202–405 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 8,587 miles | 207–415 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 8,812 miles | 213–425 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 8,973 miles | 217–433 ms |
| Singapore | 9,942 miles | 240–480 ms |
Distances are from Houston. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
BIM Services in Houston
We work with businesses across Downtown, the Heights, the Galleria, Midtown and Katy. Houston is vast and fast-growing, so mobile speed and clear service-area pages matter.
The closest of our 24 data centres to Houston is Dallas, about 225 miles away. The price is the same in all 24 locations, so distance is the only variable worth optimising.
Houston has a population of about 2,314,157, which is why the large 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 America/Chicago, 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 state privacy laws such as the CCPA. Pricing is quoted in USD, and the figure is the same wherever the machine physically sits.
Network reach from Houston
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Houston | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Dallasamericas | 225 miles | 5–11 ms |
| Atlantaamericas | 701 miles | 17–34 ms |
| Chicagoamericas | 942 miles | 23–45 ms |
Houston sits in Texas, 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 large size assumed above, that is roughly 266,667 requests a day crossing that link.
BIM Services hosting in Houston — FAQs
What size server does a BIM Services business in Houston, TX need?
Where would the server for my Houston, TX 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 Houston
Same city, different workload.
BIM Services hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.