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DigitalOcean: DigitalOcean FRA1

DigitalOcean DigitalOcean FRA1 is located at Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. The gross building size for this location has not been provided. The gross colocation space is not available for this data center. No power information has been offered for this location. We found 202 data center locations within 50 miles of this facility. Certifications for this location include ISO 14001, ISO 22301, ISO 27001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, ISO 9001, PCI DSS, SOC 1, SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2, SOC 2 Type 2.
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About DigitalOcean FRA1

DigitalOcean FRA1 in Frankfurt, Germany is a DigitalOcean cloud infrastructure location for European application deployments, SaaS platforms, developer environments, ecommerce workloads, managed databases, Kubernetes clusters, storage services, and AI infrastructure. FRA1 supports DigitalOcean Droplets, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, VPC networking, Volumes block storage, Regional and Global Load Balancers, managed databases, Spaces object storage, Functions, Container Registry, Cloud Security Posture Management, and Bare Metal GPUs.

FRA1 supports Basic, General Purpose, CPU-Optimized, Memory-Optimized, and Storage-Optimized Droplets. Managed database availability includes PostgreSQL, MySQL, Caching, MongoDB, OpenSearch, Kafka, and Valkey, with private networking through VPC, VPC peering, NAT Gateway, and Partner Network Connect in the Frankfurt region.

Frankfurt placement gives FRA1 proximity to Germany’s financial, cloud, enterprise, SaaS, and network ecosystems, with regional reach across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, and broader Central Europe. DigitalOcean provides access to colocated data center certifications through its Security Reports & Certifications Center, including ISO, SOC, and PCI-DSS certification materials for applicable facilities.

🏢 Facility Highlights

  1. Cloud Location: FRA1 is DigitalOcean’s Frankfurt infrastructure location.
  2. Compute: Basic, General Purpose, CPU-Optimized, Memory-Optimized, and Storage-Optimized Droplets are available.
  3. AI Infrastructure: Bare Metal GPUs are listed for FRA1.
  4. Storage: Volumes, Spaces, and Container Registry are available.
  5. Managed Services: DOKS, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, OpenSearch, Kafka, Valkey, Caching, Functions, and CSPM are available.

🔒 Security & Compliance

  1. Certification Access: DigitalOcean provides colocated data center certification reports through its trust center.
  2. Platform Trust: DigitalOcean provides SOC 2 Type II, PCI-DSS SAQ-A, CIS Benchmarks, and colocated data center certifications through its certification center.
  3. Facility Scope: FRA1 facility-level certificate details require report access.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

  1. Private Networking: VPC supports private communication between DigitalOcean resources in FRA1.
  2. VPC Peering: FRA1 supports peering within and between DigitalOcean datacenters.
  3. Load Balancing: Regional and Global Load Balancers are available for FRA1 workloads.
  4. Partner Network Connect: Partner Network Connect is available in the Frankfurt region.

🧠 AI Infrastructure

  1. Bare Metal GPUs: FRA1 supports dedicated GPU infrastructure.
  2. Kubernetes: FRA1 supports DigitalOcean Kubernetes clusters and worker nodes.
  3. Storage Services: Spaces, Volumes, and Container Registry support AI-adjacent application and data workflows.