Hong Kong
Bare Metal Servers

A bare metal server in Hong Kong is a single-tenant physical machine hosted in our HK data center, dedicated entirely to your workload. Unlike virtualized cloud instances, a bare metal server gives you 100% of the CPU, RAM, storage, and network bandwidth — with no hypervisor overhead and no noisy neighbors. XLC bare metal servers in HK are deployed in Tier 3+ facilities (MEGA-i, Equinix HK1, Digital Realty HKG10, iTech Towers 2) with CN2 GIA routing for ultra-low latency to mainland China.

Our data center in Hong Kong is distributed across four Tier 3+ carrier-neutral facilities: MEGA-i (Chai Wan), Equinix HK1 (Tsuen Wan), Digital Realty HKG10 (Tseung Kwan O), and iTech Towers 2 (Kwai Chung, New Territories). Each location provides redundant power, N+1 cooling, 24/7 on-site security, and direct access to Hong Kong's leading internet exchange (HKIX), giving you geographic and network diversity within a single deployment region.

In modern infrastructure terminology, bare metal servers and dedicated servers in HK both refer to single-tenant physical hardware — there is no hypervisor and no resource sharing. The practical difference is in provisioning: bare metal typically supports instant API-driven deployment and cloud-like billing flexibility, while traditional dedicated servers are configured for long-term, stable workloads with hands-on setup. At XLC, both options are available in Hong Kong, and most of our HK plans support instant setup.

Yes — every bare metal server in HK at XLC includes access to premium CN2 GIA (Global Internet Access) routing from China Telecom, plus direct peering with China Unicom (AS4837) and China Mobile (AS58453). This gives our customers sub-35ms latency to Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou — significantly faster and more stable than standard public internet routes. CN2 GIA is the gold-standard option for businesses serving users in mainland China.

Most XLC dedicated server in Hong Kong plans tagged "Instant Setup" are provisioned within minutes of order confirmation. Custom configurations — for example, specific GPU combinations or non-standard storage layouts — typically deploy within hours. Same-day delivery is available for any bare metal server in Hong Kong ordered before our cutoff time. You can build and price your server using our server configuration tool.

Yes. Every bare metal server in HK includes comprehensive, multi-vendor Anti-DDoS protection by default, combining on-premise scrubbing appliances and cloud-based mitigation. This protects against both volumetric attacks (L3/L4 — UDP floods, SYN floods, amplification) and application-layer attacks (L7 — HTTP floods, slow-loris). Coverage is included at no extra cost across all our Hong Kong dedicated servers, with optional upgrades to higher mitigation capacity for high-risk workloads.

From our data center in Hong Kong, expect approximately 20–35 ms latency to Beijing, around 15–25 ms to Shanghai, and under 10 ms to Guangzhou and Shenzhen via CN2 GIA. Latency to Singapore is approximately 35–45 ms, to Tokyo around 50–55 ms, and to Los Angeles approximately 140–160 ms. These routes are optimized through Tier 1 carriers (PCCW Global, NTT, Lumen, Tata) plus China-direct peering, giving you the lowest possible RTT for users across Greater China and APAC.

Yes. XLC offers Direct Cloud Connect — private, low-latency interconnects between your bare metal server in Hong Kong and AWS, Google Cloud, and Alibaba Cloud. This enables hybrid cloud architectures where heavy, always-on compute runs on our cost-efficient bare metal in HK, while cloud-native services (managed databases, analytics, AI APIs) stay in your existing cloud account. The private link bypasses the public internet, reducing both latency and egress costs.