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A2 Hosting Deployment, Regions & Data Residency 2026

hosting.com, formerly A2, runs four data centers, Amsterdam the only EU option. You pick one at signup, no cross-region failover, behind a Cloudflare CDN.

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hosting.com, formerly A2 Hosting, operates four primary data centers, in Ann Arbor, Arizona, Amsterdam, Singapore.

Plus Mexico and Canada clusters on the status page. Dedicated servers are US-only.

How to pick your regions

For EU or GDPR residency choose Amsterdam at signup. For Asia-Pacific visitors choose Singapore, and for US East or West, Michigan or Arizona. Deploy with a .cpanel.yml and a git push to the cPanel remote. If you need multi-region HA, automatic failover, or Africa or Oceania origin coverage, evaluate a cloud-native host instead, since hosting.com is single-region per account with a Cloudflare CDN in front.

Honest limits

There is no cross-region replication or automatic failover, so a site on a single data center is fully affected if that data center has an outage, with no auto-reroute.
Amsterdam is the only EU-jurisdiction data center, so EU residency means choosing it at signup, and US or Singapore data needs SCCs for EU-regulated transfers. No Africa, Oceania, Middle East or Latin America origin data center exists, and dedicated servers are US-only.
Platform-wide ISO 27001 is not publicly documented, so request it directly if required, alongside the documented SSAE16, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and PCI-DSS.

Primary data centers: 4 (US x2, EU, Asia)
EU / GDPR DC: Amsterdam (NL)
CDN edge nodes: 100+ (Cloudflare)
Multi-region failover: None
Deploy: cPanel Git (.cpanel.yml)

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This page covers where hosting.com deploys and how residency works. Performance and pricing live on their own pages.

Pick your A2 Hosting region and deployment

Region and deployment planner

Target region

North AmericaDefault region

6 regions across 3 continents · nearest failover AZ · residency: NL

North America (4)Ann Arbor, Michigan, USArizona, USMexico (cluster mex1)Canada (cluster can1)

Europe (1)Amsterdam, Netherlands (EU)

Asia (1)Singapore

Data-residency regions: NL Amsterdam EU/GDPR.

Real A2 Hosting regions and deployment commands. Confirm residency guarantees against your contract.

A2 Hosting deployment configuration

Place this .cpanel.yml in your repository root. cPanel's Git Version Control runs the tasks list on every push to the deployed branch, copying built files into public_html on your server. DEPLOYPATH points at the document root of the data center you selected at signup.

Deploy config (.cpanel.yml)yaml

---
deployment:
  tasks:
    - export DEPLOYPATH=/home/$USER/public_html/
    - /bin/cp index.html $DEPLOYPATH
    - /bin/cp style.css $DEPLOYPATH
    - /bin/cp -R assets $DEPLOYPATH

After adding your SSH key under cPanel > Git Version Control, push to the cPanel remote (an ssh:// repository path). cPanel checks out the branch and runs the .cpanel.yml tasks, deploying into the document root on your chosen data center. The region is fixed by the data center picked at signup.

Push to deploy (git)bash

# Clone the cPanel-hosted repository (SSH key added in cPanel first)
git clone ssh://[email protected]/home/USER/repositories/mysite
cd mysite

# Or attach an existing local repo to the cPanel remote and push
git remote add origin ssh://[email protected]/home/USER/repositories/mysite
git add .
git commit -m "Deploy to hosting.com"
git push -u origin HEAD

# cPanel runs the .cpanel.yml tasks and publishes into public_html

A2 Hosting regions and data center locations

Location	Country	Area	Lines	Notes
Ann Arbor, Michigan	United States	North America	All shared/cloud	Headquarters; primary US East data center
Arizona	United States	North America	All shared/cloud	Secondary US West data center
Amsterdam	Netherlands	Europe	All shared/cloud	Only EU data center; GDPR jurisdiction
Singapore	Singapore	Asia-Pacific	All shared/cloud	Only Asian data center; slugs sgp1 and legacy sg1-ts109
Mexico / Canada	Mexico / Canada	North America	Cluster (status)	Clusters mex1 and can1 monitored on status.hosting.com
Dedicated servers	United States	North America	Dedicated only	Bare-metal stock is US-only; no EU or APAC dedicated

A2 Hosting region reach, CDN and failover by plan

Capability	How it works	Notes
Data center selection	Per account, at signup	Chosen in the cart from Michigan, Arizona, Amsterdam, Singapore
Cross-region replication	Not available	No automatic data sync across data centers
Multi-region failover	Not available	Sites on an affected DC stay down until it recovers
Private inter-DC network	Not available	Traffic between DCs uses the public internet
CDN edge reach	100+ Cloudflare PoPs	Static caching, auto-minify, DDoS, static serving during outages
Network coverage claim	40 locations	Refers to CDN/network reach, not origin DCs

Data residency, jurisdiction and compliance

Data / region	Where it lives	Notes
EU / GDPR data	Amsterdam (NL)	Only EU-jurisdiction DC; choose at signup for residency
US data	Michigan / Arizona	US law; SCCs needed for EU-regulated data
APAC data	Singapore	Singapore jurisdiction; outside EU GDPR scope
Cross-border transfers	DPA + SCCs	Standard Contractual Clauses for EU and non-EU transfers
Compliance	SSAE16, SOC 2 II, HIPAA, PCI-DSS	Platform-wide ISO 27001 not publicly documented
Backups	Off-server, 30-day	Daily automated; 14-day retention on managed WordPress

What to verify before you commit to A2 Hosting

Each account lives in one data center chosen at signup; there is no cross-region replication or managed failover, so an outage on your DC takes your sites down until it recovers
Amsterdam is the only EU-jurisdiction data center, so choose it at signup for GDPR residency; US (Michigan, Arizona) and Singapore data require Standard Contractual Clauses for EU-regulated transfers
There is no Africa, Oceania, Middle East or Latin America origin data center, and dedicated servers are US-only; the Cloudflare CDN covers delivery latency but origin requests still reach one of the four primary DCs
Platform-wide ISO 27001 is not in public documentation; buyers who need it should request evidence directly from hosting.com, alongside the documented SSAE16, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and PCI-DSS

A2 Hosting Deployment & Regions FAQ

How many data centers does hosting.com (A2 Hosting) have and where?

Four primary data centers: Ann Arbor in Michigan for US East, Arizona for US West, Amsterdam in the Netherlands for the EU, Singapore for Asia. The status page also monitors Mexico and Canada clusters, mex1 and can1, plus a legacy A2 Singapore slug. Dedicated servers are US-only. The company describes 10 global locations counting network reach, but origin shared and cloud hosting uses these four.

Which hosting.com data center should I pick for GDPR?

Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, is the only EU-jurisdiction data center, and data created there stays in the EU. hosting.com also provides a Data Protection Addendum with Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers from the US data centers in Michigan and Arizona. But selecting Amsterdam at signup is the cleaner route to EU residency. You choose the data center in the cart at checkout.

Does hosting.com support cross-region replication or failover?

No. Each account sits in a single data center, with no automatic cross-region replication or managed failover. If a data center has an outage, sites on it are affected until it recovers, tracked on status.hosting.com. The Cloudflare CDN can serve cached static content from its 100+ edge nodes during an origin outage, but dynamic requests still need the origin data center.

How do I deploy a site to hosting.com?

hosting.com runs cPanel, so use cPanel Git Version Control. Add an SSH key under Git Version Control, then push your repo to the cPanel remote, an ssh:// path. A .cpanel.yml file in your repo root defines deployment tasks, for example exporting DEPLOYPATH=/home/user/public_html/ and copying built files in. On each push cPanel checks out the branch, runs those tasks and publishes into the document root on your chosen data center.

What compliance certifications does hosting.com hold?

All data centers carry SSAE16 certification with regularly audited operations, and SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and PCI-DSS are held, enabling regulated healthcare and payment workloads. A Data Protection Addendum with Standard Contractual Clauses covers GDPR cross-border transfers. Platform-wide ISO 27001 is not referenced in public documentation, so request it directly if your review needs it.

Is there a hosting.com data center in Europe?

Yes, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, under EU GDPR jurisdiction and the only European origin data center. For UK or Central European latency, Amsterdam is the nearest option, since hosting.com does not operate a UK, Germany or France origin data center as of mid-2026. The Cloudflare CDN narrows delivery latency for European visitors regardless of origin.

Sources & verification

Verified by ComparEdgeMethod: Vendor docs, official pages, and selected independent sources

Source	What was checked	Last checked
Hosting Official	Official product page	July 10, 2026
A2hosting 99.9 Uptime Commitment	99.9 Uptime Commitment	July 10, 2026
Cpanel Developer docs	Web Services Guide To Git Set Up Deployment	July 10, 2026
Hosting A2 Vs Hosting Com	A2 Vs Hosting Com	July 10, 2026
Hosting Hosting	Hosting	July 10, 2026
Hosting Platforms Cloudflare Hosting	Platforms Cloudflare Hosting	July 10, 2026
Hosting Status	Product documentation	July 10, 2026

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