Backblaze in Europe

Backblaze, Inc. opens its first European data center, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and is accepting customer data.

This is its fourth data center location and the first outside of the Western United States.

The company has two locations in the Sacramento, California area and one in the Phoenix, AZ area.

As part of this launch, the firm is also introducing the concept of regions.

When creating a Backblaze account, customers can choose whether that account’s data will be stored in the EU Central or US West region. The choice made at account creation time will dictate where all of that account’s data is stored, regardless of product choice (Computer Backup or B2 Cloud Storage).

For customers wanting to store data in multiple regions, read this article on how to control multiple Backblaze accounts using free Groups feature.

Whether you choose EU Central or US West, pricing will be unchanged:

• For B2 Cloud Storage – it’s $0.005/GB/month. For comparison, storing your data in Amazon S3’s Ireland region will cost ~4.5x more
• For Computer Backup – $60/year/computer is the monthly cost for unlimited backup for desktops/laptops