Cloud hosting in Huye.
Huye is a full cloud region in its own right, not an overflow site and not a warm spare. Same platform, same services, same self-service console as Kigali, 130 km south and 2.2 ms away, on separate power and separate fibre.
- Region code
- HUY1
- Role
- Production
- Facility
- Carrier-neutral Tier III
- Hardware and IP space
- Ours
- To Kigali
- 2.2 ms
- Web hosting from
- RWF 4,400 / mo
- Cloud servers from
- RWF 17,700 / mo
- Status
- Live
A real second region, or your first one
Most providers serving Rwanda run one facility. Two independent regions is what makes the difference between a backup you hope works and a recovery plan you can test. Organisations in Southern Province can also run production here first and keep the second copy in Kigali, rather than the other way round.
Universities, research and public services
Huye is home to the University of Rwanda's main campus and a dense cluster of research, teaching and public-sector institutions. Learning platforms like Moodle, research data, file sync with Nextcloud and student records all involve personal data that is far simpler to govern when it never leaves the country.
What runs in the Huye region
The same catalogue as Kigali: web hosting and WordPress, cloud servers, managed databases, managed Kubernetes, block storage, media buckets, load balancing, private networking, VPN, key management, backups and all 57 one-click apps, on the same console and the same account.
2.2 ms from Kigali
Measured between the two edge routers over 20 probes with no loss. Close enough that replicating between the regions is practical, far enough apart that one incident does not take both.
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Questions about cloud hosting in Huye
Is Huye a real cloud region or a backup site?
A full independent region with its own control plane. It runs the same platform and the same services as Kigali, and you can run production in it directly rather than only failing over into it.
How far is Huye from Kigali?
About 130 km, on separate power and separate fibre. The measured round trip between the two regions is 2.2 ms with no packet loss over 20 probes.
How much does cloud hosting in Huye cost?
The same as Kigali. Web hosting from RWF 4,400 a month, cloud servers from RWF 17,700, invoiced in Rwandan francs with no egress fees.
Can I run in both Huye and Kigali?
Yes, on one account and one bill. Run active in both, keep a warm standby in one, or simply place backups in the region you are not running in. Every copy stays inside Rwanda.
Put it in Huye.
Launch from the console in minutes, or talk to an engineer who runs the region if the workload is regulated.
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