VPS Infrastructure

Where your VPS
actually runs.

Every RackWorks VPS runs on Dell enterprise hardware in 123Net DC1, Southfield, Michigan. Here is the machine your server sits on, the network path it takes, and the building that keeps both running.

80,000 sq ftRaised floor space
20 MWTotal power
Detroit-IXOn-site exchange
90+Member networks
99.9%Uptime SLA
Your Server

One host. Known hardware. No mystery tenancy.

The machine your VPS runs on

Every RackWorks KVM VPS runs on a Dell R640 with two Intel Xeon Gold 6138 processors, 40 physical cores, and 128GB of DDR4 ECC memory. The same host carries our LXC containers. Storage is a 1TB enterprise SSD and a 1TB U.2 NVMe drive; which one your plan uses is stated on the plan itself. You are not being placed on an unnamed machine in an unnamed region.

What the location does for your traffic

The host sits on a 1Gbps uplink with carrier-grade upstream transit through Interconnecx. Detroit-IX is on-site in the same building, and our upstream's Detroit-IX connected routing reaches 90+ connected networks, so traffic leaving your VPS hands off to the wider internet inside this building rather than crossing a metro first. For anyone serving the Midwest and Great Lakes, that is the shortest sensible path.

Why a single location beats a region picker

One facility means one known set of hardware, one network path, and one place to look when something is wrong. That holds just as much for a Windows RDP server as for a Linux one. Every plan includes unlimited transfer, throttled to 10 Mbps outbound once the monthly allowance is used, with inbound unmetered. Full speed returns at the start of the next cycle.

Exterior of the 123Net DC1 data center building in Southfield, Michigan
Where It Lives

The building around the hardware.

80,000 sq ft of raised floor, 20MW of power, and it's not some converted office space, it's built to run this kind of hardware. We picked it because it's carrier-neutral, so the networks our upstream depends on are already in the building.

Cross-connects inside the building are straightforward. It also anchors Detroit-IX, making it one of the densest interconnection hubs between Chicago and Toronto.

Internet Exchange

Detroit-IX lives here too.

Detroit-IX is in the same building. 90+ networks peer there, including Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Cloudflare. RackWorks is not a Detroit-IX member: we reach those networks through our upstream provider's Detroit-IX connected routing, and sitting in the same facility keeps that hand-off short.

90+
Member Networks
Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Akamai, Cloudflare
2.5 Tbps
Peak Traffic
Largest fee-free IX in the world
89%
IPv6 Support
Full /64 allocation on every RackWorks server
123Net fiber optic cable infrastructure
Network Infrastructure

Transit through a carrier-dense building.

123Net DC1 is carrier-neutral, and major networks including AT&T, Level 3, Cogent, and Comcast are present in the building. RackWorks does not hold those carrier relationships directly. Our transit comes from our upstream provider, which sources its connectivity inside that environment.

Traffic leaves the facility over Detroit-IX connected upstream routing, reaching 90+ connected networks through our upstream provider. RackWorks holds its own ASN (AS402908), but does not yet have an allocated IP block, so it is not currently announcing its own prefixes. Routing and path selection are handled upstream.

Live latency from Detroit
Measuring
<1ms Detroit Metro
... Chicago
... Toronto
... New York
... Atlanta
... Dallas
... Los Angeles
... Miami
... Seattle
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Detroit-IX Peers
Networks peering in this building
Same backend Looking Glass runs on. Peer count is from its latest scan there. Full diagnostics on Looking Glass
Real Hardware

Real hardware. Real numbers.

Geekbench 6 and iperf3, run on the exact box customers land on when they check out. Not a spec sheet, an actual test.

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Geekbench 6, Single-Core
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Geekbench 6, Multi-Core
— Mbps down
— Mbps up
Same numbers as the full report on Looking Glass. See the full benchmark report
Power Infrastructure

Power that doesn't quit.

20MW total capacity, 2(N+1) cooling redundancy, dual power paths to every rack, diesel backup with fuel on-site. If one path fails, you'd never know.

20 MW
Total power capacity
2(N+1)
Cooling redundancy
A + B
Diverse power feeds per rack
UPS units and server infrastructure on the 123Net data floor
123Net data floor with server cabinets
Data Floor

Where your VM actually runs.

Hot/cold aisle containment, raised floor, N+1 cooling. Boring stuff, but it's the boring stuff that keeps your server from cooking itself in July.

Every cabinet is monitored for power draw, temperature, and access in real time.

Where It Lives

Take a tour.

Step inside our Southfield facility. 80,000 square feet of purpose-built infrastructure, on camera.

Southfield, Michigan data center facility tour
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Security and Compliance

Locked down, on paper and in person.

Physical Access
  • 24/7/365 on-site NOC technicians
  • Multi-factor authentication at all entry points
  • Interior and exterior CCTV coverage
  • Audited access logging
  • Remote management and monitoring
Fire Protection
  • Early warning smoke detection
  • Clean agent suppression systems
  • Zone-isolated suppression
  • Regular third-party testing
Facility Certifications
SOC 2 Type II SSAE 18 PCI-DSS ready HIPAA compliant
Why RackWorks

A building doesn't run your server. We do.

Plenty of companies rent space in this same facility. Here's what you actually get with RackWorks on top of it.

50+
One-click apps
WordPress, Nextcloud, Gitea, Immich, and dozens more. Pick it, click it, it's running.
NVMe + SSD
Real storage
No spinning disks anywhere in the stack. Every plan runs on solid-state storage.
99.9%
Uptime SLA
In writing, not just a badge on a footer.
24/7
Support that answers
Real humans, not ticket bots. We're on it fast.
Pick Your Platform

Run your VPS on this hardware.

Every RackWorks VPS runs from this Southfield, Michigan facility with Detroit-IX connected upstream routing. Every Linux plan also includes our one-click app marketplace at no extra cost. Pick the platform that fits your workload.