{"id":7121,"date":"2026-05-26T11:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T08:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/products\/network-peering\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T12:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T11:42:28","slug":"network-peering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/products\/network-peering\/","title":{"rendered":"Network Peering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section  class=\"block block-hero\">\n      <div class=\"image image-background image-background-layer image-background-mobile\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpsmartcrop-image\" loading=\"lazy\"\n      alt=\"Hero shot of Antti, for Mobile solutions pages\"\n      src=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/hero-mobile-solutions-antti-rummukainen.png\"\n              srcset=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/hero-mobile-solutions-antti-rummukainen-90x300.png 90w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/hero-mobile-solutions-antti-rummukainen-307x1024.png 307w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/hero-mobile-solutions-antti-rummukainen-461x1536.png 461w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/hero-mobile-solutions-antti-rummukainen-614x2048.png 614w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/hero-mobile-solutions-antti-rummukainen-6x20.png 6w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/hero-mobile-solutions-antti-rummukainen.png 768w\"\n        sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 50vw, 100vw\"\n                    width=\"768\"\n        height=\"2560\"\n                    style=\" object-position: 53.43% 6.73%;\"\n                 data-smartcrop-focus=\"[&quot;53.43&quot;,&quot;6.73&quot;]\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image image-background image-background-layer image-background-desktop \">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpsmartcrop-image\" loading=\"lazy\"\n      alt=\"Hero shot of Antti, for solutions pages\"\n      src=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/hero-desktop-solutions-antti-rummukainen.png\"\n              srcset=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/hero-desktop-solutions-antti-rummukainen-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/hero-desktop-solutions-antti-rummukainen-1024x792.png 1024w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/hero-desktop-solutions-antti-rummukainen-768x594.png 768w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/hero-desktop-solutions-antti-rummukainen-1536x1189.png 1536w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/hero-desktop-solutions-antti-rummukainen.png 1680w\"\n        sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 50vw, 100vw\"\n                    width=\"1680\"\n        height=\"1300\"\n                    style=\" object-position: 74.35% 8.27%;\"\n                 data-smartcrop-focus=\"[&quot;74.35&quot;,&quot;8.27&quot;]\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"text-flow\">\n      <h1 id=\"content\">\n        Network Peering      <\/h1>\n\n              <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Secure, High-Speed Private Network Peering.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Connect your infrastructure across entire continents using UpCloud&#8217;s private global backbone. Low latency, high security, and zero cost.<\/span><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"features items\">\n        <div class=\"item\">\n\n                      \n<div class=\"small-components\">\n      <div class=\"button-group\">\n              <p class=\"wrapper-button\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/signup.upcloud.com\/?promo=deploy250\" class=\"button\">\n            Start your 14-day trial with $250          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n      \n          <\/div>\n    \n    \n  <\/div>\n\n          \n          \n        <\/div>\n\n                  <div class=\"item\">\n            <p class=\"badge\">\n              Antti, Capacity Management Specialist            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    \n      <\/div>\n\n\n  \n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-content align-limit has-background-color-gray-50\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n          <h2 class=\"title\">\n        Seamless Connectivity      <\/h2>\n    \n    \n    <div class=\"wrapper-content\">\n      <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zone-to-Zone SDN Peering allows you to connect any two SDN Private Networks within Europe or within the United States. Whether you are connecting data centers in Helsinki and Madrid, or linking resources between different UpCloud accounts, your data travels exclusively over <a href=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/solutions\/global-backbone-network\/\">UpCloud\u2019s private fiber backbone<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With your data bypassing the public internet entirely, you ensure your mission-critical data remains secure, private, and unaffected by external network congestion.<\/span><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-two-column-content-boxes has-background-color-white\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n          <h2 class=\"screen-reader-text\">\n        Seamless Connectivity      <\/h2>\n    \n    <div class=\"items\">\n              <div class=\"item\">\n\n          <h3>\n            Connecting Across Data Centers          <\/h3>\n\n          <div class=\"image-flow\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\n      alt=\"UpCloud - Connecting Across Data Centers\"\n      src=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/2.1-connecting-across-data-centers.png\"\n              srcset=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/2.1-connecting-across-data-centers-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/2.1-connecting-across-data-centers-1024x858.png 1024w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/2.1-connecting-across-data-centers-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/2.1-connecting-across-data-centers.png 1101w\"\n        sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 50vw, 100vw\"\n                    width=\"1101\"\n        height=\"923\"\n                      \/>\n              <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"content\">\n            <p>Link your resources between different UpCloud data centers, such as seamlessly connecting servers in Helsinki and Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>By routing traffic over our dedicated private network, you ensure low latency and high availability for your distributed applications or disaster recovery setups, entirely separated from the public internet.<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n              <div class=\"item\">\n\n          <h3>\n            Connecting Across UpCloud Accounts          <\/h3>\n\n          <div class=\"image-flow\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\n      alt=\"UpCloud - Connecting Across UpCloud Accounts v1\"\n      src=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/2.2-connecting-across-upcloud-accounts-v1.png\"\n              srcset=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/2.2-connecting-across-upcloud-accounts-v1-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/2.2-connecting-across-upcloud-accounts-v1-1024x858.png 1024w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/2.2-connecting-across-upcloud-accounts-v1-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/2.2-connecting-across-upcloud-accounts-v1.png 1101w\"\n        sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 50vw, 100vw\"\n                    width=\"1101\"\n        height=\"923\"\n                      \/>\n              <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"content\">\n            <p>Securely link private networks spanning different UpCloud user accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Share databases, isolate staging and production environments, or integrate external services seamlessly, all while maintaining the strict security boundary of UpCloud&#8217;s private backbone.<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-product-tabs has-background-color-white\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"top-wrapper\">\n      \n      <div class=\"heading-wrapper\">\n        <h2>\n          UpCloud Network Peering Benefits        <\/h2>\n\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"tablist has-horizontal-scroll\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"horizontal\" aria-label=\"UpCloud Network Peering Benefits\">\n\n      <div class=\"tab-list-box horizontal-list\">\n                  <button role=\"tab\"\n                  aria-selected=\"true\"\n                  aria-controls=\"zero-cost-cross-zone-traffic-tab\"\n                  id=\"zero-cost-cross-zone-traffic\"\n                  class=\"tab-button theme-color-border-bottom-and-hover\"\n                  >\n            Zero Cost Cross-Zone Traffic          <\/button>\n                  <button role=\"tab\"\n                  aria-selected=\"false\"\n                  aria-controls=\"performance-low-latency-tab\"\n                  id=\"performance-low-latency\"\n                  class=\"tab-button theme-color-border-bottom-and-hover\"\n                  tabindex=\"-1\">\n            Performance &amp; Low Latency          <\/button>\n                  <button role=\"tab\"\n                  aria-selected=\"false\"\n                  aria-controls=\"cross-account-flexibility-tab\"\n                  id=\"cross-account-flexibility\"\n                  class=\"tab-button theme-color-border-bottom-and-hover\"\n                  tabindex=\"-1\">\n            Cross-Account Flexibility          <\/button>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"tabpanels\">\n              \n<div tabindex=\"0\"\n      role=\"tabpanel\"\n      id=\"zero-cost-cross-zone-traffic-tab\"\n      aria-labelledby=\"zero-cost-cross-zone-traffic\"\n      >\n  <div class=\"tab-content\">\n\n          <div class=\"image image-background\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"-\" src=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/Zero-Cost-Egress-gray@2x.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/Zero-Cost-Egress-gray@2x-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/Zero-Cost-Egress-gray@2x-1024x747.png 1024w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/Zero-Cost-Egress-gray@2x-768x561.png 768w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/Zero-Cost-Egress-gray@2x.png 1370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 50vw, 100vw\" width=\"1370\" height=\"1000\">\n          <\/div>\n\n      \n    <div class=\"content\">\n      <h3>\n        Zero Cost Cross-Zone Traffic      <\/h3>\n\n      <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Unlike other hosts that charge per GB for data transfer between regions, UpCloud offers Zone-to-Zone Peering at no additional cost. We define our regions by continent. This means you can peer between any of our European data centers (or any US data centers) for free.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Competitors:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Limit free peering to a single metro area or charge heavy fees for cross-region traffic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>UpCloud:<\/b> Offers true geographic redundancy across the entire continent\u2014without the bandwidth tax.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n              <ul class=\"links\">\n\n                      <li class=\"link\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/products\/zero-cost-egress\/\" class=\"arrow-link\">\n                Discover Zero-cost Egress                <span class=\"arrow-link-arrow\"><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n          \n        <\/ul>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n              \n<div tabindex=\"0\"\n      role=\"tabpanel\"\n      id=\"performance-low-latency-tab\"\n      aria-labelledby=\"performance-low-latency\"\n      hidden=\"\">\n  <div class=\"tab-content\">\n\n          <div class=\"image image-background\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\n      alt=\"Map illustration showing UpCloud&#039;s global availability.\"\n      src=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/landing-global-availability-gray.png\"\n              srcset=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/landing-global-availability-gray-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/landing-global-availability-gray.png 685w\"\n        sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 50vw, 100vw\"\n                    width=\"685\"\n        height=\"500\"\n                      \/>\n          <\/div>\n\n      \n    <div class=\"content\">\n      <h3>\n        Performance &amp; Low Latency      <\/h3>\n\n      <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leverage the power of UpCloud\u2019s proprietary global backbone. By keeping traffic off the public internet, we eliminate the jitter and unpredictable routing hops associated with standard web traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Speed:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Experience typical throughput speeds of 1\u20135 Gbit\/s.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Stability:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Direct fiber connections provide the lowest possible latency for real-time data synchronization.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n              <ul class=\"links\">\n\n                      <li class=\"link\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/products\/software-defined-networking\/\" class=\"arrow-link\">\n                Discover SDN Networking                <span class=\"arrow-link-arrow\"><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n          \n        <\/ul>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n              \n<div tabindex=\"0\"\n      role=\"tabpanel\"\n      id=\"cross-account-flexibility-tab\"\n      aria-labelledby=\"cross-account-flexibility\"\n      hidden=\"\">\n  <div class=\"tab-content\">\n\n          <div class=\"image image-background\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"-\" src=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/upcloud-live-demo-gray.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/upcloud-live-demo-gray-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/upcloud-live-demo-gray.png 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 50vw, 100vw\" width=\"685\" height=\"500\">\n          <\/div>\n\n      \n    <div class=\"content\">\n      <h3>\n        Cross-Account Flexibility      <\/h3>\n\n      <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Collaboration is built-in. You can peer networks within your own organization or connect securely with partners using different UpCloud accounts. This enables secure data sharing between entities without exposing endpoints to the public web or managing complex VPN credentials.<\/span><\/p>\n\n              <ul class=\"links\">\n\n                      <li class=\"link\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/products\/vpn-gateway\/\" class=\"arrow-link\">\n                Discover VPNs                <span class=\"arrow-link-arrow\"><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n          \n        <\/ul>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-product-tabs has-background-color-white\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"top-wrapper\">\n      \n      <div class=\"heading-wrapper\">\n        <h2>\n          Network Peering Use Cases        <\/h2>\n\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"tablist has-horizontal-scroll\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"horizontal\" aria-label=\"Network Peering Use Cases\">\n\n      <div class=\"tab-list-box horizontal-list\">\n                  <button role=\"tab\"\n                  aria-selected=\"true\"\n                  aria-controls=\"disaster-recovery-high-availability-tab\"\n                  id=\"disaster-recovery-high-availability\"\n                  class=\"tab-button theme-color-border-bottom-and-hover\"\n                  >\n            Disaster Recovery &amp; High Availability          <\/button>\n                  <button role=\"tab\"\n                  aria-selected=\"false\"\n                  aria-controls=\"secure-offsite-backups-tab\"\n                  id=\"secure-offsite-backups\"\n                  class=\"tab-button theme-color-border-bottom-and-hover\"\n                  tabindex=\"-1\">\n            Secure Offsite Backups          <\/button>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"tabpanels\">\n              \n<div tabindex=\"0\"\n      role=\"tabpanel\"\n      id=\"disaster-recovery-high-availability-tab\"\n      aria-labelledby=\"disaster-recovery-high-availability\"\n      >\n  <div class=\"tab-content\">\n\n          <div class=\"image image-background\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\n      alt=\"UpCloud - Disaster Recovery &amp; High Availability v1\"\n      src=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/1-disaster-recovery-high-availability-v1.png\"\n              srcset=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/1-disaster-recovery-high-availability-v1-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/1-disaster-recovery-high-availability-v1-1024x858.png 1024w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/1-disaster-recovery-high-availability-v1-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/1-disaster-recovery-high-availability-v1.png 1101w\"\n        sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 50vw, 100vw\"\n                    width=\"1101\"\n        height=\"923\"\n                      \/>\n          <\/div>\n\n      \n    <div class=\"content\">\n      <h3>\n        Disaster Recovery &amp; High Availability      <\/h3>\n\n      <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Build robust Business Continuity (BC) plans by synchronizing large datasets between geographically distant data centers.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Scenario:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Run a master database in Frankfurt and a hot standby in Amsterdam ensuring robust business continuity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Benefit:<\/b> In the event of a local outage, your data is already replicated and ready to go. With almost zero effect on your uptime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n              <ul class=\"links\">\n\n                      <li class=\"link\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/data-centers\/\" class=\"arrow-link\">\n                UpCloud Data Centers                <span class=\"arrow-link-arrow\"><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n          \n        <\/ul>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n              \n<div tabindex=\"0\"\n      role=\"tabpanel\"\n      id=\"secure-offsite-backups-tab\"\n      aria-labelledby=\"secure-offsite-backups\"\n      hidden=\"\">\n  <div class=\"tab-content\">\n\n          <div class=\"image image-background\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\n      alt=\"UpCloud - Disaster Recovery &amp; High Availability v3\"\n      src=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/1-disaster-recovery-high-availability-v3.png\"\n              srcset=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/1-disaster-recovery-high-availability-v3-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/1-disaster-recovery-high-availability-v3-1024x858.png 1024w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/1-disaster-recovery-high-availability-v3-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/1-disaster-recovery-high-availability-v3.png 1101w\"\n        sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 50vw, 100vw\"\n                    width=\"1101\"\n        height=\"923\"\n                      \/>\n          <\/div>\n\n      \n    <div class=\"content\">\n      <h3>\n        Secure Offsite Backups      <\/h3>\n\n      <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adhere to the 3-2-1 backup rule by moving sensitive backups to a secondary location.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Scenario:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Push encrypted backups from New York to Chicago.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Benefit:<\/b> Geographic isolation of backups protects you from localized disasters while keeping the data transfer secure within the private network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n              <ul class=\"links\">\n\n                      <li class=\"link\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/products\/simple-backup\/\" class=\"arrow-link\">\n                UpCloud Backups                <span class=\"arrow-link-arrow\"><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n          \n        <\/ul>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-title-and-table has-background-color-white\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n          <div class=\"heading-wrapper\">\n                  <h2>\n            Network Peering vs. Utility Network          <\/h2>\n        \n                  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UpCloud offers two robust networking options. Choose the one that best fits your architecture.<\/span><\/p>\n              <\/div>\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                  <div class=\"content-table\">\n            <div class=\"content-table-inner\">\n              <table class=\"is-scrollable\">\n\n                                  <thead>\n                    <tr>\n                                              <th>Feature<\/th>\n                                              <th>Network Peering<\/th>\n                                              <th>Utility Network<\/th>\n                                          <\/tr>\n                  <\/thead>\n                \n                <tbody>\n                                      <tr>\n                                              <td>Speed<\/td>\n                                              <td>High Performance (1\u20135 Gbit\/s)<\/td>\n                                              <td>Standard (1 Gbit\/s)<\/td>\n                                          <\/tr>\n                                      <tr>\n                                              <td>Reach<\/td>\n                                              <td>Cross-Zone (EU-wide or US-wide)<\/td>\n                                              <td>Global (Single Account**)<\/td>\n                                          <\/tr>\n                                      <tr>\n                                              <td>Scope<\/td>\n                                              <td>In or between accounts<\/td>\n                                              <td>Within a single account<\/td>\n                                          <\/tr>\n                                      <tr>\n                                              <td>Segmentation<\/td>\n                                              <td>Full segmentation support (Create multiple isolated networks)<\/td>\n                                              <td>Single, flat network per account<\/td>\n                                          <\/tr>\n                                      <tr>\n                                              <td>Configuration<\/td>\n                                              <td>Configurable via API or Control Panel<\/td>\n                                              <td>Pre-configured, works out of the box<\/td>\n                                          <\/tr>\n                                      <tr>\n                                              <td>Ideal for<\/td>\n                                              <td>Custom architecture, HA clusters, Cross-account linking<\/td>\n                                              <td>Simple server-to-server communication, quick setups<\/td>\n                                          <\/tr>\n                                  <\/tbody>\n\n              <\/table>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-cta is-content-column no-image has-background-color-white has-gradient-gradient-dark-red-purple-diagonal\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"wrapper-main\">\n\n      \n      <h2>Discover UpClouds Network Backbone<\/h2>\n\n      <div class=\"wrapper-content\">\n        \n        \n                <div class=\"cta-links\">\n                      <p class=\"button-wrapper\">\n              <a class=\"button button-white\" href=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/solutions\/global-backbone-network\/\">\n                Read more: Network Backbone              <\/a>\n            <\/p>\n          \n          \n                  <\/div>\n        \n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-image-content has-background-color-white\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"items image-right column-layout-asymmetric align-center\">\n              <div class=\"item text-flow\">\n          \n                      <h2>\n              Network Peering Documentation            <\/h2>\n          \n          <p>Discover how to manage, monitor and use UpClouds Network Peering<\/p>\n\n                      <p class=\"button-wrapper\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/docs\/products\/networking\/network-peering\/\" class=\"button\">\n                Read Documentation              <\/a>\n            <\/p>\n          \n        <\/div>\n      \n              <div class=\"item media-flow\">\n                      <div class=\"image\">\n                  <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\n      alt=\"UpCloud - Network Peering Documentation\"\n      src=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/upcloud-network-peering-documentation.png\"\n              srcset=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/upcloud-network-peering-documentation-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/upcloud-network-peering-documentation-1024x858.png 1024w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/upcloud-network-peering-documentation-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/upcloud-network-peering-documentation.png 1101w\"\n        sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 50vw, 100vw\"\n                    width=\"1101\"\n        height=\"923\"\n                      \/>\n                <\/div>\n          \n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-accordion has-background-color-gray-50\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"col\">\n      \n              <h2 class=\"\">\n          Network Peering FAQ        <\/h2>\n      \n          <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"wrapper\">\n      \n      <div class=\"accordion\" data-allow-toggle>\n                          <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n          <h3>\n            <button\n              aria-expanded=\"false\"\n              class=\"accordion-trigger\"\n              aria-controls=\"does-network-sdn-peering-work-between-europe-and-the-us\"\n              id=\"accordion-does-network-sdn-peering-work-between-europe-and-the-us\">\n                <span class=\"accordion-title\">\n                  Does Network\/ SDN Peering work between Europe and the US?<span class=\"accordion-icon\"><\/span>\n                <\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/h3>\n\n          <div\n            id=\"does-network-sdn-peering-work-between-europe-and-the-us\"\n            role=\"region\"\n            aria-labelledby=\"accordion-does-network-sdn-peering-work-between-europe-and-the-us\"\n            class=\"accordion-panel\"\n            hidden=\"\">\n            <div>\n              <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zone-to-Zone SDN Peering is available within the European region (e.g., Helsinki to Madrid) OR within the US region (e.g., New York to Chicago). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trans-continental peerings are available at extra cost, please <a href=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/contact\/#form\">contact our sales team<\/a> to learn more.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n              \n              \n            <\/div> <!-- .content-table-inner -->\n          <\/div> <!-- .accordion-panel -->\n        <\/div> <!-- .accordion-item -->\n\n                            <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n          <h3>\n            <button\n              aria-expanded=\"false\"\n              class=\"accordion-trigger\"\n              aria-controls=\"is-there-a-bandwidth-cap-with-upcloud-sdn-peering\"\n              id=\"accordion-is-there-a-bandwidth-cap-with-upcloud-sdn-peering\">\n                <span class=\"accordion-title\">\n                  Is there a bandwidth cap with UpCloud SDN Peering?<span class=\"accordion-icon\"><\/span>\n                <\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/h3>\n\n          <div\n            id=\"is-there-a-bandwidth-cap-with-upcloud-sdn-peering\"\n            role=\"region\"\n            aria-labelledby=\"accordion-is-there-a-bandwidth-cap-with-upcloud-sdn-peering\"\n            class=\"accordion-panel\"\n            hidden=\"\">\n            <div>\n              <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This feature is provided on a best-effort basis. While we do not impose hard caps on free traffic, we reserve the right to manage network resources to ensure fair usage for all customers. Typical speeds range from 1 to 5 Gbit\/s depending on the distance between data centers.<\/span><\/p>\n\n              \n              \n            <\/div> <!-- .content-table-inner -->\n          <\/div> <!-- .accordion-panel -->\n        <\/div> <!-- .accordion-item -->\n\n                            <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n          <h3>\n            <button\n              aria-expanded=\"false\"\n              class=\"accordion-trigger\"\n              aria-controls=\"do-i-need-a-vpn-to-secure-a-sdn-peering-connection\"\n              id=\"accordion-do-i-need-a-vpn-to-secure-a-sdn-peering-connection\">\n                <span class=\"accordion-title\">\n                  Do I need a VPN to secure a SDN Peering connection?<span class=\"accordion-icon\"><\/span>\n                <\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/h3>\n\n          <div\n            id=\"do-i-need-a-vpn-to-secure-a-sdn-peering-connection\"\n            role=\"region\"\n            aria-labelledby=\"accordion-do-i-need-a-vpn-to-secure-a-sdn-peering-connection\"\n            class=\"accordion-panel\"\n            hidden=\"\">\n            <div>\n              <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You do not need the overhead of managing IPsec tunnels or VPN keys. Because the traffic flows over UpCloud&#8217;s private software-defined network (SDN) and does not touch the public internet, it is inherently isolated and secure. <\/span><\/p>\n\n              \n              \n            <\/div> <!-- .content-table-inner -->\n          <\/div> <!-- .accordion-panel -->\n        <\/div> <!-- .accordion-item -->\n\n                <\/div> <!-- .accordion -->\n    <\/div>  <!-- .wrapper -->\n  <\/div> <!-- .container -->\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-cta is-content-side has-background-image has-background-color- \">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"wrapper-main\">\n\n              <div class=\"image image-background image-background-layer background-color-brand-black\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpsmartcrop-image\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"-\" src=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/Hero-Partners.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/Hero-Partners.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/upcloud.com\/media\/Hero-Partners-1536x1189.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 50vw, 100vw\" width=\"1680\" height=\"1300\" style=\" object-position: 49.90% 25.39%;\" data-smartcrop-focus=\"[&quot;49.90&quot;,&quot;25.39&quot;]\">\n            <\/div>\n      \n      <h2>Ready to architect a faster, safer cloud?<\/h2>\n\n      <div class=\"wrapper-content\">\n        <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deploy your first Private SDN Network today and experience the freedom of continent-wide peering.<\/span><\/p>\n\n        \n                <div class=\"cta-links\">\n                      <p class=\"button-wrapper\">\n              <a class=\"button button-white\" href=\"https:\/\/signup.upcloud.com\/?promo=deploy250\">\n                Get Started              <\/a>\n            <\/p>\n          \n                      <p class=\"button-wrapper\">\n              <a class=\"button button-ghost-white\" href=\"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/docs\/products\/networking\/\">\n                Read Documentation              <\/a>\n            <\/p>\n          \n                  <\/div>\n        \n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":82085,"parent":3634,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"1980,29819,1065","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7121","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7121"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7457,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7121\/revisions\/7457"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}