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title: "Frankfurt zone, and new logo"
date: 2017-11-09
author: "Antoine Coetsier"
url: https://www.exoscale.com/blog/announcing-frankfurt-zone/
---
# Frankfurt zone, and new logo

> **DE-FRA-1** is available immediately

On the heels of the recent [Vienna Zone announcement](https://www.exoscale.com/blog/announcing-vienna-zone/), we are proud to
unveil the next step in helping Exoscale grow beyond its Swiss roots.
Today, Exoscale announces its fourth zone, located in Frankfurt.

![cover pic](https://www.exoscale.com/blog/announcing-frankfurt-zone/cover.png)

Codenamed DE-FRA-1, this zone has immediate availability for compute
resources.  S3-compatible object-storage will follow shortly to offer
all essential building blocks for German teams designing cloud-native
applications.

As always on Exoscale, workloads deployed in Germany are guaranteed to
stay within the country, making GDPR-compliance projects easier than
ever before.  Combined with per-minute billing, 
[SSD-backed](https://www.exoscale.com/compute/)
hypervisors, and sub 30 second boot times, Exoscale will continue to
provide impeccable privacy with no compromise on product features or
performance.

![Exoscale new logo](https://www.exoscale.com/blog/announcing-frankfurt-zone/exoscale-new-logo.png)

Tied with this zone launch, Exoscale is adjusting its visual identity
to reflect its new ambition and position.  Beyond Switzerland,
Exoscale is now a full-fledged European cloud, and the best
alternative to its USA-owned and operated counterparts.  Exoscale's
new logo projects this image of reliability, scalability, and
simplicity which permeates all products, while honoring our roots.

If you are curious about what we're cooking for you in 2018, come meet
the team at the Devops meetup in Paris
 on November 15th or at 
[Goto Berlin](https://gotober.com/2017/sessions/338/taming-jenkins-building-a-cloud-native-ci-environment) on November 17th.