Dedicated Servers in the USA — Bare Metal from $126/mo

A dedicated server is a physical machine where all resources — CPU, RAM, storage, and bandwidth — are allocated exclusively to one client. Unlike shared or VPS hosting, there’s no competition for resources with other users.

It’s a physical server that runs only your workload, with no other tenants and no provider’s virtualization layer on top of the hardware. Every GigeNET dedicated server is bare metal: single-tenant, with full root access on Linux or Administrator on Windows. Bare metal and dedicated server mean the same thing here; bare metal just stresses that nothing sits between you and the hardware.

Choose a bare metal server when the load is steady and heavy, when you need the same performance every hour of the day, or when you move a lot of data out. Choose cloud when load is spiky or short-lived and you need machines for hours rather than months. You can mix them too, and a bare metal server in Ashburn is in the same metro as AWS us-east-1.

Our dedicated servers start at $126/month for a Xeon E3-1230 v1 in Chicago and Los Angeles. In Ashburn, Virginia, the in-stock entry is the $159/month Xeon D-1541 Special, which comes with a 1 Gbps unmetered port. A dual Xeon E5-2670 v2 with 64 GB of RAM is $289/month, and 10 Gbps unmetered servers start at $499/month on the current promotion (MSRP $599). Every plan is month to month with $0 setup. For what drives the price (CPU, RAM, drives, bandwidth and management), see how much a dedicated server costs. Browse all configurations →

Yes. Tell us the CPU, RAM, drives and bandwidth you need through our custom quote form, and our team will spec and price the build. Custom builds are ready in a week or less. If one of our in-stock servers already fits, you can have it the same or next day.

In-stock builds are online the same day or the next day. Custom builds take a week or less. On a deadline? Start with the in-stock builds.

With a managed server, GigeNET handles OS maintenance, security patching, monitoring, and technical administration — so your team stays focused on your application. Unmanaged gives you full root access and complete control, with GigeNET responsible for the hardware and network layer only. See our management plans →

Every plan includes at least 30 TB of bandwidth, and our $159 Xeon D-1541 Special comes with a 1 Gbps unmetered port in Ashburn, Chicago or Los Angeles. For scale, 30 TB a month averages about 93 Mbps around the clock, while a 1 Gbps port run flat out moves roughly 324 TB in a 30-day month. If you need more, our 10 Gbps unmetered servers in Chicago start at $499/month. Transit comes from PCCW, Cogent, GTT and Zayo.

Yes. IPMI sits on a private management network by default, not on the public internet, so you can power-cycle the server or reach its console when the OS won’t boot. Keeping management controllers off the open internet matters, because they’re a favorite target for attackers.

We run US dedicated servers in Chicago, Ashburn and Los Angeles: Chicago is near our Arlington Heights headquarters, Los Angeles has run since 2011 and Ashburn, Virginia since 2014. Chicago covers the middle of the country, Los Angeles the West Coast and Asia-Pacific routes, and Ashburn the East Coast. See Chicago dedicated servers, Los Angeles dedicated servers and Ashburn dedicated servers for builds and prices by location.

Yes. It’s the usual next step once a busy site outgrows shared hosting or a VPS. Install cPanel/WHM to run many sites from one panel, or build your own stack on Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux or Windows Server. Our $126 Xeon E3-1230 v1 build suits small websites and dev environments; step up to the Xeon D-1541 or a dual-processor build for databases and large reseller accounts.

With a dedicated server we supply the hardware and replace it when it fails, for one monthly price. With colocation you buy your own servers and rent space, power and bandwidth in our Chicago data center. Dedicated wins when you want a low upfront cost and no hardware headaches; colocation comes out ahead over time if you already own the gear or can buy it cheaply. We worked through the break-even math in colocation vs dedicated server: 36-month costs.

Yes — and it’s built into the infrastructure, not offered as a reactive add-on. GigeNET is a pioneer in scalable DDoS mitigation. Our protection is engineered to absorb volumetric attacks at the network level, keeping your services online while attacks are neutralized. Learn more about our DDoS protection →

All new orders include free R1Soft backups up to 1TB. We also offer Veeam backup solutions and full Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) for environments that require rapid failover. See backup options →

Every dedicated server is covered by our Essential SLA: 99.5% network availability, a 30-minute support ticket response and 2-hour hardware replacement. Add a management plan and you’re on our Awesome SLA — 99.95%, 15-minute priority response and 1-hour hardware replacement — with 100% available through our High Availability Guarantee. Full SLA terms are available to review before you sign. Read the full SLA →

Yes. You can run a network test directly via our looking glass tool at lg.gigenet.com. You can also download a 1 GB test file from each data center: speedtest.chi.gigenet.com/1gb.img (Chicago), speedtest.lax.gigenet.com/1gb.img (Los Angeles) and speedtest.iad.gigenet.com/1gb.img (Ashburn).

We’re SOC 2 Type II certified. Customers building HIPAA or PCI environments run them on our servers under their own compliance program. Out-of-band access stays off the public internet: IPMI sits on a private management network by default.