Austin, United States
Server infrastructure for Gaming Companies & Communities in Austin
Most Gaming Companies & Communities outgrow their first server in one specific place — and it is rarely the one the plan name suggests. For a large Gaming business in Austin that is about 2 Cores, 32 GB of memory and 350 GB of storage on VDS.
- ✓ 5 infrastructure tiers
- ✓ Sized for your workload, not a plan name
- ✓ Same price in all 24 locations
Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Austin. 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 Gaming
1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month
$78.50 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 6 GB RAM
- 50 GB storage
About 0.2 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 2.1 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Medium Gaming
11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month
$116.30 USD USD
per month · VPS
- Single Core
- 10 GB RAM
- 100 GB storage
- Managed
About 2.3 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 6 GB of working data.
Configure this build →Large Gaming Most likely here
51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month
$347.35 USD USD
per month · VDS
- 2 Cores
- 32 GB RAM
- 350 GB storage
- Managed
About 23.2 requests a second at peak, holding roughly 24 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.
Which tiers suit Gaming Companies & Communities
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 | Persistent connections and custom ports are exactly what a shared platform does not permit. |
| VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access | Workable | Enough for a small server or a test instance, though a noisy neighbour shows up immediately as jitter. |
| VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone | Recommended | Pinned cores are what keep tick rate and call quality steady; on a contended instance they are not. |
| Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification | Recommended | Single-tenant hardware removes the last source of variance, which is what these workloads are judged on. |
| Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads | Workable | For operators running many instances at once on hardware they control. |
Gaming Companies & Communities workloads you can host
- Game servers
- Matchmaking
- Player databases
- Voice chat
- Mod & asset hosting
- Anti-cheat
Gaming in Austin, business by business
These are not the same workload. Sized at the large band, here is what each one actually needs.
| Business | Build | Tier | What decides it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game Server Hosting | 6 vCPU · 48 GB · 350 GB | VDS | Tick rate is the whole product: a stutter is felt by every player at once and is not forgiven. |
| Game Development | 16 vCPU · 196 GB · 4000 GB | Dedicated Server | Game assets are enormous binaries, and version control for them is a storage problem more than a code one. |
| Esports Organisations | 8 vCPU · 48 GB · 4000 GB | VDS | Everything happens during the event window, where thousands watch a match that must not stutter. |
| Gaming Communities | 4 vCPU · 32 GB · 1500 GB | VDS | Evenings and weekends carry nearly all the activity, and voice runs for hours per session. |
| Gaming Venues | 16 vCPU · 256 GB · 4000 GB | Dedicated Server | Every outcome is logged for audit, and the regulator's requirements shape the architecture more than the playe... |
Where your server runs
All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server.
Austin is closest to Dallas. Every marker costs the same per month.
Show all 24 locations and distances from Austin ▾
| Location | Distance | Est. round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Americas · 9 locations | ||
| Dallas, United States | 182 miles | 4–9 ms |
| Atlanta, United States | 818 miles | 20–39 ms |
| Chicago, United States | 980 miles | 24–47 ms |
| Miami, United States | 1,114 miles | 27–54 ms |
| Los Angeles, United States | 1,225 miles | 30–59 ms |
| Toronto, Canada | 1,366 miles | 33–66 ms |
| Santa Clara, United States | 1,469 miles | 35–71 ms |
| New York, United States | 1,511 miles | 36–73 ms |
| Seattle, United States | 1,770 miles | 43–85 ms |
| Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations | ||
| London, United Kingdom | 4,915 miles | 119–237 ms |
| Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 5,080 miles | 123–245 ms |
| Madrid, Spain | 5,093 miles | 123–246 ms |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 5,252 miles | 127–254 ms |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 5,299 miles | 128–256 ms |
| Milan, Italy | 5,490 miles | 133–265 ms |
| Bucharest, Romania | 6,182 miles | 149–298 ms |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 7,124 miles | 172–344 ms |
| Asia-Pacific · 7 locations | ||
| Tokyo, Japan | 6,552 miles | 158–316 ms |
| Hong Kong, China | 8,231 miles | 199–397 ms |
| Delhi NCR, India | 8,361 miles | 202–404 ms |
| Sydney, Australia | 8,469 miles | 204–409 ms |
| Kolkata, India | 8,763 miles | 212–423 ms |
| Mumbai, India | 8,971 miles | 217–433 ms |
| Singapore | 9,831 miles | 237–475 ms |
Distances are from Austin. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.
Gaming Companies & Communities in Austin
We work with businesses across Downtown, South Congress, East Austin, the Domain and Zilker. Austin is a fast-growing tech and creative hub where modern, high-speed sites stand out.
The closest of our 24 data centres to Austin is Dallas, about 182 miles away. Round-trip time is set by physical distance more than by anything else, so the nearest site is usually the right one.
Austin has a population of about 974,447, which is why the large build above is the one most likely to fit a Gaming 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 Austin
Estimated from fibre distance rather than measured, and stated as a range. Your own access network decides the rest.
| Data centre | Distance from Austin | Estimated round trip |
|---|---|---|
| Dallasamericas | 182 miles | 4–9 ms |
| Atlantaamericas | 818 miles | 20–39 ms |
| Chicagoamericas | 980 miles | 24–47 ms |
Austin 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 500,000 requests a day crossing that link.
Gaming Companies & Communities hosting in Austin — FAQs
What size server does a Gaming business in Austin, TX need?
Where would the server for my Austin, TX business actually run?
Is a VPS enough for Gaming Companies & Communities, or do we need a dedicated server?
Can you host game servers for us?
Can we start smaller and grow?
Other industries in Austin
Same city, different workload.
Gaming Companies & Communities hosting nearby
The same workload, in the nearest cities.