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title: Where Are Pressable Data Centers Located?
url: "https://pressable.com/knowledgebase/where-are-pressable-data-centers-located/"
published: 2020-05-15
modified: 2026-02-14
author: Wayne McWilliams
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## Data Center Locations

Our data centers are in the following locations:

- AMS: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- DCA: Washington, DC
- BUR: Los Angeles, CA
- DFW: Dallas, TX

Each site has primary and secondary servers. If a site’s primary server experiences interruptions in connectivity, connections will automatically fail-over to the secondary server.

Our systems team can change a site’s primary and/or secondary server(s) at any time, e.g. scheduled maintenance.

## Can I Select a Default Data Center?

Yes. To select a default datacenter you can go to **Settings > Sites** here: <https://my.pressable.com/settings/sites>

Then select the data center location you’d like to use in the **Default Datacenter** section, as shown below:

![](https://i0.wp.com/pressable.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dc1.jpg?resize=1024%2C285&ssl=1)
 
 The Pressable API documentation includes the [default data center option setting for the account](https://href.li/?https://my.pressable.com/documentation/api/v1#set-account-datacenter). The currently selected value also includes the **GET** response for an account, displaying the account’s current default data center setting.

## Can a Data Center be Changed?

No. While it is possible to select the data center used by a site at the time of creation (during step 3 → Site Details), it is **NOT** possible to easily change the data center after a site is created.

![](https://i0.wp.com/pressable.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dc2.jpg?resize=1371%2C536&ssl=1)To change the data center after a site is created, the [site would need to be cloned](https://pressable.com/knowledgebase/how-to-clone-website-to-staging/#clone-action), selecting the new data center when creating the cloned site. Once the clone is finished, the domain should be removed from the current site and [added to the clone](https://pressable.com/knowledgebase/assigning-domain-pressable/#step-two-add-your-domain-at-pressable).