---
name: dl-dl-comparison-locations
title: Location comparison between Direct Link versions
description: Review location support for Direct Link on Classic offerings versus Direct Link.
last-updated: 2026-10-05
---

> ## Documentation Index
> The table of contents for this documentation set is at https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/dl?format=markdown
> The index for all IBM Cloud docs is at: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# Location comparison between Direct Link versions
{: #dl-comparison-locations}

Review location support for Direct Link on Classic offerings versus Direct Link.
{: shortdesc}

|**Location** | **Dedicated on Classic** | **Dedicated**| **Dedicated w/ MACsec** | **Connect on Classic** | **Connect** |
|-----------------|:-----------------:|:-----------------:|:-----------------:|:-----------------:|:---------------:|
| Atlanta 1 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  |  |  |
| Chicago 1 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Dallas 3 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Dallas 4 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Dallas 9 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  |  | |
| Dallas 10 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  | |
| Dallas 12 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Dallas 13 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Dallas 14 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  |
| Denver 1 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Los Angeles |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Miami 1 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Montreal 1 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Montreal 2 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| New York City 2 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg)  |  |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg)[^newyork2] |
| San Jose 2 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| San Jose 3 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  |  | |
| San Jose 4 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | | |
| São Paulo 1 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| São Paulo 2 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| São Paulo 3 |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  | |
| São Paulo 4 |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  | |
| São Paulo 5 |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Seattle 2 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  |  |
| Toronto 1 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Toronto 2 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Toronto 3 |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Toronto 4 |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  | |
| Toronto 5 |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  | |
| Washington DC 2 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Washington DC 4 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Washington DC 5 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Washington DC 6 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg)  |
| Washington DC 7 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  |  |
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{: caption="Direct Link location comparison - Americas" caption-side="bottom"}
{: #simpletabtable1}
{: tab-title="Americas"}
{: tab-group="dedicated-simple"}

[^newyork2]: New York City 2 connects to the IBM Cloud backbone through New York City 1. The primary reason for this PoP is to extend connectivity to different site providers from our New York City 1 site. When planning your diversity strategy, keep in mind that traffic for New York City 2 has a single, shared path to the IBM network.

|**Location** | **Dedicated on Classic** | **Dedicated**| **Dedicated w/ MACsec** | **Connect on Classic** | **Connect** |
|-----------------|:-----------------:|:-----------------:|:-----------------:|:-----------------:|:---------------:|
| Chennai 1 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Chennai 4 | |  |  ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Hong Kong 1 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |
| Hong Kong 3 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Melbourne 2 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |
| Mumbai 4 | |  |  ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | |
| Osaka 1 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Osaka 21  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Osaka 22  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  | |
| Osaka 23  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  | |
| Singapore 1 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg)[^singapore3] |
| Singapore 2 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Sydney 2 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Sydney 3 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Sydney 4 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Sydney 5 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Taipei 1 |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Tokyo 1 | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Tokyo 2 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Tokyo 3 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Tokyo 4 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Tokyo 5 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
{: caption="Direct Link location comparison - APAC" caption-side="bottom"}
{: #simpletabtable2}
{: tab-title="APAC"}
{: tab-group="dedicated-simple"}
{: class="simple-tab-table"}

[^singapore3]: If you require diversity, you must place a second (backup) connection with Megaport in Hong Kong 3 (HKG03).


|**Location** | **Dedicated on Classic** | **Dedicated**| **Dedicated w/ MACsec** | **Connect on Classic** | **Connect** |
|-----------------|:-----------------:|:-----------------:|:-----------------:|:-----------------:|:---------------:|
| Amsterdam 2 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Amsterdam 3 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  |  | |
| Frankfurt 1 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Frankfurt 2 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  | |
| Frankfurt 3 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Frankfurt 4 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Frankfurt 5 |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| London 1 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| London 2 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  |  |
| London 3 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| London 4 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| London 6 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Madrid 1 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Madrid 2 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Madrid 3 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Madrid 4 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Madrid 5 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Milan 2 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |  |  | |
| Paris 1 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Paris 2 | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
| Paris 3 |  | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) | ![Checkmark icon](../icons/checkmark-icon.svg) |
{: caption="Direct Link location comparison - EMEA" caption-side="bottom"}
{: #simpletabtable3}
{: tab-title="EMEA"}
{: tab-group="dedicated-simple"}
{: class="simple-tab-table"}