Primary
Colocation
Your hardware in Digital Realty BOS14, from a single rack unit to a full cabinet, with metered 208V power and carrier-neutral cross-connects.
From $73/mo1U to 45U
Explore colocationBoston metro · AS402389
Colocation and bare metal, on a network we actually own.
Rack your hardware at Digital Realty BOS14 in the Boston metro, behind 100G of active transit and a 100G port into MASS-IX — in the same building as the cabinets.
From $73/mo for 1UCarrier-neutral floorN+1 power and cooling
AS402389Our own autonomous system, announcing from Boston metro.
100GActive IP transit on the primary Cogent port; standby capacity excluded.
100GDirect port into MASS-IX, in the same building as our cabinets.
N+1UPS and cooling redundancy throughout Digital Realty BOS14.
What we do
Colocation first. Everything else supports it.
Start with space, power, and network. Add compute, operations, or engineering only where the workload actually calls for it.
Primary
Bare Metal
Single-tenant machines we own and maintain for you. Dedicated performance with no capital purchase and no hardware lifecycle.
No hypervisorManaged optional
Explore bare metalNetwork
AS402389
Our own autonomous system with 100G of active transit and a 100G port into MASS-IX, in the same building as the cabinets.
100G transitMASS-IX
See the networkCompute
VPS Hosting
Virtual instances on the same network, for the parts of a platform that need to move faster than a purchase order.
$4.99/mo entry8 sizes
Explore VPS hostingOperations
System Administration
Updates, monitoring, backups, installs, and urgent response on anything we host — hardware you own or hardware we own.
$30/hr plannedFrom $100/mo
View management scopeEngineering
Development
Websites, dashboards, portals, and internal tools built by the same team that runs the infrastructure underneath them.
JS / TSProject based
See development services01
Own the hardware.
Colocation gives you the building, the power, and the network while you keep control of procurement, specification, and the long-term cost curve.
See colocation pricing02
Or let us own it.
Bare metal is the same single-tenant performance without a capital purchase. We handle the failures, the replacements, and the lifecycle.
See bare metalAS402389100G primary transit.
Explore the network
100G primary transit.
One in-building exchange.
Cogent carries active global transit on a 100G port. Regional traffic peers directly over MASS-IX, which has a point of presence at 128 First Avenue — the same address as our cabinets. Standby capacity is not included in the active total.
100GMASS-IX · Peering
100GCogent · Transit
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Common questions about Amherst Systems
Where we operate, what the network is made of, and how the services fit together.
What does Amherst Systems provide?
Amherst Systems provides colocation and bare metal in the Boston metro, on its own network, AS402389. Cloud-style VPS hosting, system administration, and development services are also available for teams that want compute and operations from the same partner.
Where does Amherst Systems operate?
Amherst Systems operates from Digital Realty BOS14 at 128 First Avenue, Needham, MA 02494, serving the Boston metro market. The facility holds SOC 2, SOC 3, PCI-DSS, and ISO 27001 and runs N+1 UPS and N+1 cooling.
What makes the network different?
Amherst Systems runs its own autonomous system with 100G of active Cogent transit, a separate standby TowardEX circuit, and a 100G port into MASS-IX in the same building. Standby capacity is excluded from the active total.
Who is Amherst Systems built for?
It is built for teams that want rack-level control and a direct engineering relationship: companies moving out of public cloud, agencies and providers needing regional presence, and businesses with hardware they would rather own than rent.
Does Amherst Systems build websites and web applications?
Yes. Amherst Systems offers development services for websites, dashboards, portals, internal tools, and other JavaScript or TypeScript projects that need custom scoping rather than a generic package tier.
Start a conversation
Tell us what you are racking.
Send the equipment list, the power draw, and your target date. You will get a real number from an engineer, not a discovery call.
- Footprints from 1U to a full cabinet in the Boston metro.
- Carrier-neutral, so your existing transit relationships still work.
- Colocation, bare metal, compute, and operations from one team.