Asia Dedicated Servers — Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo
Bare-metal hosting across the three biggest interconnection hubs in Asia: Singapore for Southeast Asia, India and Australia; Hong Kong for mainland China and the wider Greater China region; and Tokyo for Japan, South Korea and the trans-Pacific route to the US West Coast. Pick by audience reach (China via Hong Kong, ASEAN/India via Singapore, Japan/Korea via Tokyo), by industry vertical (cross-border e-commerce, gaming, fintech, streaming), or by submarine-cable and internet-exchange presence. Comparison and decision support below — not just a grid of city cards.
Pick your Asia city
Three Asian locations, colour-coded by sub-region (Southeast Asia · Greater China · North Asia). Each card shows the city's distinctive internet-exchange adjacency, audience reach, and best-fit industries — click through for current plan configurations and pricing.
The Southeast Asia hub and a primary landing point for the region's submarine cables. Neutral and business-friendly, with the lowest latency across SE Asia and strong routes to India and Australia.
The gateway to mainland China and East Asia. The best China-facing latency without hosting inside the mainland, with dense interconnection at Mega-i and Equinix HK.
The North Asia hub and the region's largest market. Trans-Pacific cables land here, giving the shortest Asia-to-US-West routes alongside top-tier domestic Japan and Korea reach.
At-a-glance city comparison
All three Asia locations on one row each, side by side. Start with the sub-region and the audience-reach row — that usually points straight to one city. Then check internet exchange and industry fit to confirm.
| Singapore | Hong Kong | Tokyo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country / SAR | Singapore | Hong Kong SAR | Japan |
| Time zone | SGT (UTC+8) | HKT (UTC+8) | JST (UTC+9) |
| Sub-region | Southeast Asia | Greater China | North Asia |
| Internet exchange | Equinix SG1-SG3 · Global Switch · major subsea-cable landing | Equinix HK1-HK5 · Mega-i (iAdvantage) | Equinix TY1-TY11 · NTT · trans-Pacific cable landing |
| Best audience reach | Southeast Asia · India · Australia | Mainland China · Taiwan · East Asia | Japan · South Korea · trans-Pacific to US West |
| Best industry fit | Fintech · Gaming · E-commerce · SaaS · Crypto | Cross-border e-commerce · Gaming · Fintech · Trading | Gaming · Streaming · Finance · Enterprise |
| Recommended pair | Hong Kong (Greater China) or Tokyo (North Asia) | Singapore (SE Asia) or Tokyo (North Asia) | Hong Kong (East Asia) or Singapore (full-Asia diagonal) |
Pick by audience, industry, or both
For each common audience-and-workload shape in Asia, one specific city is usually the right pick. The cards below cover the patterns that account for almost every real customer we onboard on the Asia fleet.
Mainland China audience
Customers in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and across the mainland. → Hong Kong. The lowest China-facing latency you can get without hosting inside the mainland — Shenzhen ~5 ms, Shanghai ~30 ms — and no ICP licence required.
Southeast Asia audience
Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines. → Singapore. The regional interconnection hub where most SE Asian networks peer — Kuala Lumpur ~10 ms, Bangkok ~25 ms, Jakarta ~30 ms.
Japan & South Korea audience
Domestic Japan plus Korean users. → Tokyo. The largest North-Asia market, with Osaka ~10 ms and Seoul ~35 ms, and direct domestic peering with the major Japanese carriers.
India audience
Users across India and South Asia. → Singapore. The closest neutral, well-peered Asia hub to the subcontinent — Mumbai is ~60 ms — with strong subsea-cable capacity into India.
Australia / Oceania audience
Sydney, Melbourne, New Zealand. → Singapore. The nearest major Asian hub to Oceania at ~95 ms to Sydney, with direct cable routes south; Tokyo is the trans-Pacific alternative.
Trans-Pacific to the US West Coast
Workloads bridging Asia and the Americas. → Tokyo. Trans-Pacific submarine cables land in Japan, giving the shortest Asia-to-US-West routes — Los Angeles ~105 ms.
Crypto / low-latency fintech in Asia
Exchanges, market-data, trading infrastructure. → Singapore or Tokyo. Both are tier-1 financial-network hubs with dense peering; Singapore for SE-Asia reach, Tokyo for North-Asia and trans-Pacific.
Cross-border e-commerce (China ↔ world)
Selling into or out of mainland China. → Hong Kong. The classic bridge for China cross-border commerce — mainland-grade latency with an international, ICP-free hosting jurisdiction.
Gaming across East Asia
Low-ping game servers for China, Taiwan, Hong Kong. → Hong Kong or Tokyo. Hong Kong covers the Greater China player base; Tokyo covers Japan and Korea with excellent domestic ping.
Streaming / media for Japan
OTT video, anime, music platforms for the Japanese market. → Tokyo. Domestic peering and CDN presence make Tokyo the natural origin for Japan-facing streaming.
Asia network reach — by audience region
Approximate round-trip times measured from each Asia city to major audience markets. Real-world numbers vary by carrier and time of day; relative ordering is stable. Lower is better.
SingaporeSE Asia
- Kuala Lumpur~10 ms
- Bangkok~25 ms
- Jakarta~30 ms
- Hong Kong~35 ms
- Mumbai~60 ms
- Sydney~95 ms
Hong KongChina
- Shenzhen~5 ms
- Guangzhou~10 ms
- Taipei~25 ms
- Shanghai~30 ms
- Singapore~35 ms
- Tokyo~50 ms
TokyoN Asia
- Osaka~10 ms
- Seoul~35 ms
- Hong Kong~50 ms
- Singapore~75 ms
- Los Angeles~105 ms
- Sydney~120 ms
Asia data-residency landscape — framework by framework
There is no single pan-Asian data-protection law — each market runs its own framework, and a few (notably mainland China) impose strict cross-border-transfer rules. KwikServer infrastructure (single-tenant hardware, dedicated IP space, isolated resources) is consistent with what every framework on this list expects from a hosting layer; the compliance attestation work itself remains yours. Pick the jurisdiction that matches where your data subjects are.
PDPA
Personal Data Protection Act. Governs collection, use and disclosure of personal data in Singapore, with a notification-based consent model and breach-notification duties. The default framework for the Singapore location.
PDPO
Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance. One of Asia's oldest privacy laws, built on six data-protection principles. Applies to data users operating in Hong Kong; relevant for the Hong Kong location.
APPI
Act on the Protection of Personal Information. A mature, GDPR-adequacy-recognised regime with clear rules on consent and cross-border transfer. The default framework for the Tokyo location.
PIPL
Personal Information Protection Law. Strict consent and cross-border-transfer requirements for data on mainland residents. Relevant when serving the mainland via Hong Kong — keep cross-border data flows in scope of your assessment.
DPDP Act
Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. India's consolidated privacy law, with consent and data-fiduciary obligations. Relevant when serving Indian users from the Singapore location.
Privacy Act / APPs
The Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act. Apply based on where your data subjects are, not the server location. Relevant when serving Australian users, typically from Singapore or Tokyo.
Multi-region failover patterns within Asia
Three patterns we see most often when a customer wants resilience across Asian locations. Each pairing trades latency, geographic diversity, and audience reach differently — pick the one that matches your recovery objective and where your users are.
Southeast Asia plus Greater China from one stack. Low enough RTT for active-active or near-real-time replication between the two biggest Asian interconnection hubs. The default pair when your audience spans ASEAN and China together.
Greater China plus North Asia. Covers the China-facing and Japan/Korea-facing halves of East Asia with a moderate-latency link — strong for gaming and fintech that need both mainland reach and Japanese domestic presence.
The full-Asia diagonal: the Southeast-Asia hub paired with the North-Asia hub, on two completely separate cable systems and power grids. The widest geographic diversity available within the Asia fleet for resilient multi-region deployments.
Asia dedicated server — frequently asked questions
Hub-level questions only. City-specific questions (datacenter details, individual SKUs, city billing quirks) are answered on each city's page.
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