Secure, High-Speed Private Network Peering.
Connect your infrastructure across entire continents using UpCloud’s private global backbone. Low latency, high security, and zero cost.
Antti, Capacity Management Specialist
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 UpCloud’s private fiber backbone.
With your data bypassing the public internet entirely, you ensure your mission-critical data remains secure, private, and unaffected by external network congestion.
Link your resources between different UpCloud data centers, such as seamlessly connecting servers in Helsinki and Madrid.
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.
Securely link private networks spanning different UpCloud user accounts.
Share databases, isolate staging and production environments, or integrate external services seamlessly, all while maintaining the strict security boundary of UpCloud’s private backbone.
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.
Leverage the power of UpCloud’s proprietary global backbone. By keeping traffic off the public internet, we eliminate the jitter and unpredictable routing hops associated with standard web traffic.
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.
Build robust Business Continuity (BC) plans by synchronizing large datasets between geographically distant data centers.
Adhere to the 3-2-1 backup rule by moving sensitive backups to a secondary location.
UpCloud offers two robust networking options. Choose the one that best fits your architecture.
| Feature | Network Peering | Utility Network |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | High Performance (1–5 Gbit/s) | Standard (1 Gbit/s) |
| Reach | Cross-Zone (EU-wide or US-wide) | Global (Single Account**) |
| Scope | In or between accounts | Within a single account |
| Segmentation | Full segmentation support (Create multiple isolated networks) | Single, flat network per account |
| Configuration | Configurable via API or Control Panel | Pre-configured, works out of the box |
| Ideal for | Custom architecture, HA clusters, Cross-account linking | Simple server-to-server communication, quick setups |
Discover how to manage, monitor and use UpClouds Network Peering
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). Trans-continental peerings are available at extra cost, please contact our sales team to learn more.
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.
You do not need the overhead of managing IPsec tunnels or VPN keys. Because the traffic flows over UpCloud’s private software-defined network (SDN) and does not touch the public internet, it is inherently isolated and secure.
Deploy your first Private SDN Network today and experience the freedom of continent-wide peering.