If your Minecraft community is mostly on the US West Coast and you have been hosting in Europe or even our Canada node, you have probably noticed the ping never quite gets low. San Jose is the fix. Here is what actually runs on it and when you should pick it over our other regions.
Why California Specifically
California alone has one of the largest concentrations of Minecraft players in North America, and it is the part of the continent every host based in Europe, Canada, or the US East Coast serves worst. A server in the Netherlands puts West Coast players at roughly 130-160ms. Even our own Canada node, which is genuinely fast for most of North America, still runs roughly 50-70ms out to the West Coast.
San Jose sits in Silicon Valley, one of the most connected pieces of internet infrastructure on the planet. For players already in the Bay Area, expect roughly single-digit ping. For the rest of the West Coast, expect roughly 10 to 20ms.
What Hardware Runs Your Server
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
- Memory: DDR5, sized to the plan you order
- Storage: NVMe SSD
- Location: San Jose, California, USA
- DDoS protection: Included
Minecraft is single-threaded for the parts that matter most: world ticks, chunk loading, and packet handling all run on one main thread, so single-core clock speed is what determines how the server actually feels. The 7950X3D is built for exactly that, and it is a genuinely strong pick for Minecraft specifically, not just what happened to be available. Our own comparison of the Ryzen 9 9950X against the 7950X shows the difference for Minecraft workloads is small, so West Coast players are not getting a downgraded experience by being on the newer USA region instead of our Premium DDR5 line.
USA (California) Plans
Same RAM tiers and pricing as our Canada Standard line. DDoS protection is included; the USA locations use Cloudflare Magic Transit.
| Plan | RAM | Recommended players | Price/month |
|---|---|---|---|
| MC Coal | 3GB | 3-5 | €2.70 |
| MC Iron | 4GB | 4-8 | €3.60 |
| MC Gold | 5GB | 5-10 | €4.50 |
| MC Lapis | 6GB | 8-12 | €5.40 |
| MC Diamond | 8GB | 10-15 | €7.20 |
| MC Special 1 | 12GB | 15-25 | €10.80 |
| MC Special 2 | 15GB | 25-30 | €13.50 |
| MC Special 3 | 16GB | 30-40 | €14.40 |
| MC Special 4 | 32GB | 50-70 | €29.99 |
See the region selector on the Minecraft plans page and pick USA (California).
Estimated Ping From San Jose
| Player location | Estimated ping |
|---|---|
| US West Coast (CA, WA, OR, NV) | 1-20ms |
| Western Canada | 15-30ms |
| US Central | 30-45ms |
| Mexico | 30-50ms |
| US East Coast | 60-75ms |
| Japan / South Korea | 100-115ms |
Ping estimates are approximate and depend on your own ISP routing. If your community spans the whole continent rather than sitting on the West Coast specifically, our Canada node is the more central pick.
Common Questions
Is USA (California) available on Premium? USA (California) is a single hardware tier on the Ryzen 9 7950X3D, no Standard/Premium choice. DDoS protection is included; the USA locations use Cloudflare Magic Transit.
What if half my players are West Coast and half are East Coast? Run the numbers for both. Rough estimates: Canada gives a more balanced 15-70ms spread across the whole US. San Jose gives West Coast players single-digit ping at the cost of East Coast players seeing 60-75ms. If West Coast players are the majority or the ones most sensitive to lag (PvP, redstone-heavy builds), pick San Jose.
Can I move my server from Canada or Netherlands to USA (California) later? Yes, message the team in the site chat and they can move your world files over.
Does California support modpacks like ATM10 or Vault Hunters? Yes, the same one-click modpack installer and Forge/Fabric/NeoForge support works on every region, including California.
Get Started
See all Minecraft plans and pricing, pick USA (California) in the region selector, then choose the RAM tier your community needs.