Is Puerto Rico part of the US for hosting purposes?
Puerto Rico is a US territory, so a San Juan server has an IP address in the US regional registry and operates under US jurisdiction, while geolocating to Puerto Rico. That combination suits businesses serving island customers who also need US-based hosting for contracts, compliance or payment providers. Latency to Florida and the US east coast is reasonable, and island users see the fastest response times. Confirm any specific regulatory requirements for your industry with your advisers. Payment providers treat the server as US-based.
How does the facility cope with hurricane season?
The Tier III+ facility is designed with Puerto Rico's climate in mind. Backup generators and fuel reserves allow the site to run for extended periods without utility power, batteries bridge the moment of transition, and redundant cooling keeps temperatures safe. The building is engineered to withstand severe weather. We still recommend keeping off-site backups on the mainland or elsewhere, so that your data remains recoverable even in the most extreme scenarios, and monitoring your services from an external location. We also email updates during major storms.
Why is San Juan Linux-only?
The San Juan platform is optimised for Linux, which keeps it lean and affordable without Windows licence costs. The catalogue covers the Linux releases listed on this page, which is where most web software feels at home anyway. Need Windows? Panama and our Virginia location both offer it. Most island customers never need anything else. Popular stacks such as WordPress, Laravel, Node.js and Django all run on these distributions without modification, and panels like cPanel or HestiaCP are available if you prefer managing sites through a browser instead of the command line.
Can companies relocating under Act 60 use this server?
Yes. Many entrepreneurs and companies have moved to Puerto Rico under its tax-incentive programmes, and they often need local infrastructure for operations, client portals and development environments. A San Juan server keeps systems close to the team while staying within US jurisdiction. Choose a plan that matches your workload and upgrade as the business grows. Consult your tax and legal advisers about any requirements linking your incentive to local operations, since those rules are outside the scope of hosting. Many relocated founders run remote teams across time zones.
Can I host a Puerto Rican tourism or hospitality website?
Yes. Hotels, restaurants, tour operators and rental properties on the island need fast, reliable websites, especially during the winter high season. A San Juan server keeps pages quick for visitors already on the island, and routes to the US mainland serve those planning trips. Checkout pages are protected by complimentary certificates. Use a CDN for large photo galleries, and upgrade before peak season if you expect heavy demand. Old San Juan restaurants and Culebra rentals are typical examples. Cruise-season traffic spikes are handled easily.
Can I serve customers in the US Virgin Islands and the Dominican Republic?
Yes. San Juan is a natural hub for the north-eastern Caribbean, with short routes to St. Thomas, St. Croix and Santo Domingo, and good connectivity to Miami. Retailers, distributors and service companies that trade across the islands can host one site with English and Spanish versions and serve all of these markets quickly. Where content differs by territory, such as shipping rates or local contact numbers, use hreflang or separate landing pages. The unshared 1 Gbps link keeps downloads of catalogues and price lists quick for every island.
Should I choose the NVMe or RAID option?
Start from what your application spends its time doing. A brochure website or a small booking system is perfectly happy on standard SSDs. If you run a database-heavy platform, such as a busy WooCommerce store, an ERP web front end or a CI pipeline, the NVMe option trims the delay on each disk request and makes everything feel snappier. The RAID option adds an extra layer of drive redundancy for data you cannot afford to lose. Many island businesses pair NVMe with nightly off-island backups, which covers both speed and hurricane-season resilience.
Can US mainland companies use San Juan as a disaster-recovery site?
It can work well. A San Juan server sits under US jurisdiction yet is geographically separate from mainland data centres, so replicating databases or backups there protects against regional incidents on the mainland. Traffic to Florida and the east coast travels efficiently. Keep the replica encrypted, test failover regularly and document the procedure so staff can switch quickly. Remember that hurricanes are a risk on the island too, so the ideal setup keeps copies in at least two places that are unlikely to be affected by the same event.
