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Introducing the First German Data Center at DigitalOcean

ByStefan
Published20 April 2015
Cloud Hosting, News, SSD Cloud Server, VPS

DigitalOcean, a provider of simple cloud hosting solutions for developers, have proudly announced the launch of their first German data center. FRA1 is located in Frankfurt am Main and is catering to the needs of the German startup community as well as developers from around the world.

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