Ankeny, United States

Software Build Server in Ankeny

Build, test and ship on hardware you control — no per-minute billing and no shared queue.

Configure your build server → Recommended from $305.50 USD / month
  • Self-hosted CI runners
  • No per-minute billing
  • Dedicated cores throughout
Closest location live
Ankeny and its closest data centre Ankeny joined by a link to the Chicago data centre, 496 km away. Ankeny Chicago Illinois, United States
496 km from Ankeny
7–15 ms estimated round trip

Estimated from fibre distance, not measured from Ankeny. Your real figure depends on your connection and route, and lands inside this range.

Choose how the processor is shared

Every class ships the same hardware menu and the same Ubuntu Server 24.04 (LTS) 64-bit image. What changes is how the processor is shared — and the price moves with it.

Availability

Budget friendly

Cheap for a build box that runs overnight and that nobody waits on.


$283.50USD

per month

Configure

General purpose

Recommended

Consistent processor time, which keeps build times roughly repeatable.


$294.50USD

per month

Configure
Hourly only

Burstable

Not for compilation

A poor fit. Throttles under sustained load, and compilation is sustained load throughout.


$0.5859USD

per hour — booked for a window, not subscribed

Book by the hour

Add cores for a heavy release week and take them off afterwards — the change is made by hand on the same server, usually within the hour.

Bring your own CI

Hosted CI is priced per minute and shared with everyone else on the plan. A build server is a fixed cost that does not care how often you push.

Self-hosted runners

Point GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins or Buildkite at it. The machine is yours whether it is busy or idle.

No queue but yours

Nobody else is waiting in front of your job, and nothing throttles you for building too often.

Caches that persist

Dependency and layer caches stay on the disk between runs rather than being rebuilt from cold each time.

Where your server runs

All 24 locations cost the same, so pick whichever sits closest to the people who will actually use the server. Choose the region closest to the people pushing code and to whatever the build pulls from — package registries and your git host are the two round trips a build makes most.

Americas coverage 9 live
Americas data centre locations 9 locations across Americas, with Chicago marked as the closest to Ankeny. Chicago Ankeny

Ankeny is closest to Chicago. Every marker costs the same per month.

Show all 24 locations and distances from Ankeny ▾
Location Distance Est. round trip
Americas · 9 locations
Chicago, United States 496 km 7–15 ms
Dallas, United States 1,035 km 16–31 ms
Toronto, Canada 1,180 km 18–35 ms
Atlanta, United States 1,200 km 18–36 ms
New York, United States 1,640 km 25–49 ms
Miami, United States 2,160 km 32–65 ms
Los Angeles, United States 2,314 km 35–69 ms
Seattle, United States 2,349 km 35–70 ms
Santa Clara, United States 2,467 km 37–74 ms
Europe, Middle East & Africa · 8 locations
London, United Kingdom 6,725 km 101–202 ms
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 6,964 km 104–209 ms
Madrid, Spain 7,158 km 107–215 ms
Stockholm, Sweden 7,162 km 107–215 ms
Frankfurt, Germany 7,324 km 110–220 ms
Milan, Italy 7,671 km 115–230 ms
Bucharest, Romania 8,713 km 131–261 ms
Tel Aviv, Israel 10,257 km 154–308 ms
Asia-Pacific · 7 locations
Tokyo, Japan 9,845 km 148–295 ms
Delhi NCR, India 12,147 km 182–364 ms
Hong Kong, China 12,341 km 185–370 ms
Kolkata, India 12,862 km 193–386 ms
Mumbai, India 13,112 km 197–393 ms
Sydney, Australia 14,388 km 216–432 ms
Singapore 14,913 km 224–447 ms

Distances are from Ankeny. Round trips are estimated from fibre distance, not measured — the figure your users see depends on where they are.

Root access and your choice of toolchain

Daily off-server backups

No shared CPU — dedicated cores throughout

Any Linux image, or Windows if you build for it

Included with every Software server, in every class, at every location.

Build servers for Ankeny

We host servers for companies throughout Ankeny, IA and the rest of United States. You tell us what the server is for, we build it by hand, and you get access and the login details the same working day.

Chicago is our closest location at 496 km, which makes it the usual starting point. If the people using the server are somewhere else, host it somewhere else — every location costs the same.

Software Build Server in Ankeny — FAQs

Can I host my own CI runners on it?
Yes — GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, Buildkite or anything else you can install. You are paying for the machine, not for build minutes.
Can it build container images?
Yes. Docker, Podman and BuildKit all run on it, and you have the root access they need.
Where should I host it?
Near the people pushing code and near what the build pulls from — your git host and your package registry are the two round trips a build makes most. Chicago is our closest location to Ankeny, at 496 km.
How much does a build server cost in Ankeny?
From $305.50 USD per month for 16 GB RAM · 8 Cores · 250 GB, the same in all 24 locations.

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