Boosteroid’s Journey to Germany
Since 2020, Boosteroid has been bringing the joy of cloud gaming to users in Germany, streaming games from our data centers in neighboring countries like Italy, France, and Slovakia. While this allowed German gamers to experience the freedom and flexibility of cloud gaming, we knew that to truly serve this vibrant and passionate community, we needed a local presence.
Establishing a local data center was crucial to providing a high-quality cloud gaming experience, and that meant minimizing latency and maximizing performance in Germany.
Preparing for the Next Level
Early in 2024, as part of our ambitious expansion plans, we set our sights on bringing Boosteroid to German soil. We began building a state-of-the-art data center, equipped with the latest and most powerful hardware available.
Our new servers, powered by AMD EPYC 4th Gen CPUs and custom-designed ASUS and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT GPUs, were ready to unleash a new era of cloud gaming. These powerful machines allowed us to stream games at up to 4K resolution and 120 frames per second, setting a new industry standard and delivering next level cloud gaming experience to our German users.
A cloud gaming company like Boosteroid can only be as good as the server infrastructure it deploys. After research into the market, we found our data center and hardware partner – WIIT and started preparing for the deployment of our first German servers in a data center out of Dusseldorf.
This strategic partnership enabled us to:
- Deploy new servers rapidly, bringing Boosteroid to more gamers without delays.
- Free up resources for other areas of our business.
- Focus on our core strengths and focus on what we do best: developing and delivering a superior cloud gaming experience.
The success of this collaboration is evident in the exceptional results it has yielded. In fact, WIIT was recently recognized for its outstanding cloud computing services, winning the prestigious Digital360 Awards in the Cloud Computing category, thanks in part to the success of this very project.
“This award is a recognition of the powerful and flexible cloud GPU infrastructure we deployed with WIIT. We’re committed to pushing the boundaries of cloud gaming, and this is just the beginning!”Ivan Shvaichenko, founder and CEO of Boosteroid
“We are delighted that we are driving the cloud computing business forward worldwide together with Boosteroid and our modern infrastructure services. The award is a valuable recognition and underlines the high quality features of our cloud solutions in Europe.”Christoph Herrnkind, CEO WIIT AG
“It’s been a true pleasure to share this project with the Digital360 Awards community, bringing together some of the most influential CIOs in Italy. Boosteroid holds tremendous potential to continue its growth as one of the leading cloud gaming platforms globally, and at WIIT, we’re thrilled to be a part of its journey towards success.”Davide Capozzi, Director of Innovation and ESG Group Leader at WIIT
“Our latest server deployment in Germany allows us to add capacity to host around 20 000 monthly active users. We plan to triple this in 2025 and open up more points of presence across the country.”Vlad Kosmin, Corporate Vice President at Boosteroid
Since early 2024, Boosteroid has cooperated with several partners to have them procure and deploy servers and make them available to us on a monthly fee basis. The model contributes to our direct server acquisition and allows us to grow faster in particular regions, where server deployments would otherwise have been scheduled for late 2025 or even 2026.
“Teaming up with WIIT allowed us to deploy our cutting-edge GPU-based infrastructure quickly and efficiently. When cooperating with a data center provider, we usually look for flexibility and responsiveness, deep engineering and technical expertise. We found that and more with WIIT.”Antonina Batova, Boosteroid’s Senior VP Infrastructure
With a strong foundation in place, Boosteroid is poised for continued growth in Germany. We’re excited to expand our reach, bringing the benefits of cloud gaming to more players and shaping the future of interactive entertainment.
About Boosteroid
Boosteroid is the world’s largest independent cloud gaming provider. We enable remote cloud-based access to video games across devices and platforms – a Netflix, or a Spotify, but for video games. Boosteroid was established in 2016 in Ukraine and launched commercially in 2019. Currently, the company is headquartered in Austin, Texas with its main R&D office based in Kyiv, Ukraine, and several local entities operating in the EU.
About WIIT
WIIT is a European cloud provider, based in Milan operating 7 secure cloud regions between Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Their focus is on clients who need to have a cloud service suitable for critical application with the highest level of security and reliability.