IPVanish Completes Two-Year VPN Network Rebuild, Promises 41% Throughput Gain
IPVanish completed a two-year rebuild of its global VPN network, promising 41% higher per-server throughput with 50Gbps ports and direct peering.
The company said the rebuild rests on faster hardware, direct peering, more redundancy and a leaner software stack. It moved its entire network to 50Gbps server ports, five times the 10Gbps capacity it used before. IPVanish said higher-capacity servers give more headroom when many users connect at once, such as on a busy Sunday evening, helping keep traffic moving instead of choking under load.
IPVanish said it now peers directly at more than 40 internet exchanges worldwide, placing its servers in the same meet-me rooms as the ISPs carrying customer traffic. TechRadar reported that direct peering can mean fewer hops and a shorter, more direct route to a destination, avoiding congested middle-mile transit. The company's network now spans 150 locations in 55 countries, and it labels which servers are physical and which are virtual. IPVanish told TechRadar earlier this year that the expansion was aimed at easing peak-hour congestion in high-demand regions.
For reliability, IPVanish said every major city now runs two independent data centers with separate providers and connectivity. If one goes dark because of a power cut or a fiber break, the company said, users can stay online through the other. Behind the scenes, a switch from IPTables to NFTables lets servers process traffic more efficiently, drawing less power and producing less heat, according to the company.
IPVanish also recently added OpenVPN Data Channel Offload on Windows, promising almost three times faster connections. TechRadar reported that the feature is expected to narrow the old gap between OpenVPN's trusted security and WireGuard's speed. The company has positioned the rebuilt network against rivals that still run 10Gbps hardware. TechRadar noted, however, that NordVPN, ExpressVPN and Proton VPN remain the names to beat on raw speed and scale. It added that port capacity is shared, so real-world testing rather than specifications will show how much of the promised speed gain users actually feel. IPVanish described its ambition as a VPN users never want to turn off.