This article will explain what a virtual server location is and why Private Internet Access (PIA) offers this as part of our VPN service.
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What is a Virtual Server Location?
Why Does PIA Use Virtual Server Locations?
List of Virtual Server Locations
What is a Virtual Server Location?
For the majority of PIA locations, the physical server and the registered IP address are located in the same country.
For a small number of PIA locations, the registered IP address matches the country you have chosen to connect to, while the server is physically located in another country.
Usually, these servers are physically located in a country nearby, so you can enjoy a fast, secure, and reliable connection with a low ping.
For example, if you connect to PIA’s Hong Kong location, your network traffic will be routed through a server in Singapore and assigned a Hong Kong IP address. The result is that your traffic appears to come from Hong Kong.
Why Does PIA Use Virtual Server Locations?
In countries where local laws and regulations prevent us from upholding our No Logs policy or where server infrastructure would not meet our high security and performance standards, we turn to virtual server locations to give you the option to surf the internet reliably, safely, and more privately.
List of Virtual Server Locations
| Virtual Server Location | Physical Location |
| Algiers, Algeria | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Andorra la Vella, Andorra | Amsterdam, Holland |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina | Ezeiza, Argentina |
| Yerevan, Armenia | Amsterdam, Holland |
| Nassau, Bahamas | Miami, USA |
| Dhaka, Bangladesh | Singapore |
| Phnom Penh, Cambodia | Singapore |
| Beijing, China | Singapore |
| San Jose, Costa Rica | Miami, USA |
| Nicosia, Cyprus | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Cairo, Egypt | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Tbilisi, Georgia | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Nuuk, Greenland | Montreal, Canada |
| Hong Kong, Hong Kong | Singapore |
| Mumbai, India | Singapore |
| Jakarta, Indonesia | Singapore |
| Douglas, Isle of Man | Dublin, Ireland |
| Astana, Kazakhstan | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Vaduz, Liechtenstein | Zurich, Switzerland |
| Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Macau, Macao | Singapore |
| Valletta, Malta | Milano, Italy |
| Monaco, Monaco | Milano, Italy |
| Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | Tokyo, Japan |
| Podgorica, Montenegro | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Rabat, Morocco | Madrid, Spain |
| Abuja, Nigeria | Madrid, Spain |
| Panama City, Panama | Los Angeles, USA |
| Manila, Philippines | Singapore |
| Doha, Qatar | Dubai, UAE |
| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Dubai, UAE |
| Colombo, Sri Lanka | Singapore |
| Istanbul, Turkey | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Kiev, Ukraine | Bucharest, Romania |
| Albuquerque, USA | Dallas, USA |
| Anchorage, USA | Seattle, USA |
| Baltimore, USA | Ashburn, USA |
| Billings, USA | Seattle, USA |
| Birmingham, USA | Atlanta, USA |
| Boise, USA | Seattle, USA |
| Bridgeport, USA | New York, USA |
| Burlington, USA | New York, USA |
| Charleston, USA | Ashburn, USA |
| Charlotte, USA | Ashburn, USA |
| Cheyenne, USA | Seattle, USA |
| Columbia, USA | Atlanta, USA |
| Columbus, USA | New York, USA |
| Concord, USA | New York, USA |
| Des Moines, USA | New York, USA |
| Detroit, USA | New York, USA |
| Fargo, USA | New York, USA |
| Honolulu, USA | Los Angeles, USA |
| Indianapolis, USA | New York, USA |
| Jackson, USA | Dallas, USA |
| Kansas City, USA | Dallas, USA |
| Little Rock, USA | Dallas, USA |
| Louisville, USA | Atlanta, USA |
| Minneapolis, USA | New York, USA |
| Nashville, USA | Atlanta, USA |
| New Orleans, USA | Dallas, USA |
| Oklahoma City, USA | Dallas, USA |
| Omaha, USA | New York, USA |
| Philadelphia, USA | New York, USA |
| Portland - Maine, USA | New York, USA |
| Portland - Oregon, USA | Seattle, USA |
| Providence, USA | New York, USA |
| Sioux Falls, USA | New York, USA |
| Virginia Beach, USA | Ashburn, USA |
| Wichita, USA | Dallas, USA |
| Wilmington, USA | New York, USA |
| Caracas, Venezuela | New York, USA |
| Hanoi, Vietnam | Singapore |