# Netcup.blog — Independent Netcup Guide, Specs Comparison & Voucher Portal

> netcup.blog is an independent community portal and knowledge base dedicated to providing real-time verified voucher codes, Live Deals tracking, bandwidth throttle policy explanations, Local Block Storage cost estimation, official country VAT rate matrices, and comprehensive hardware specification comparisons for Netcup web hosting, Root Servers (EPYC Dedicated), VPS x86 (DDR5 NVMe), ARM64 (Ampere Altra), and vServer Lite.

## Core Products & Hardware Specifications

- **Root Server (G11 / G12)**: Dedicated AMD EPYC™ 9645 (Zen 5 Turin) & EPYC™ 9004 processors with 100% dedicated physical CPU cores (zero steal time), DDR5 ECC RAM, enterprise NVMe RAID, and up to 2.5 Gbps redundant uplink. Ideal for production databases, high-concurrency microservices, virtualization, and CI/CD pipelines.
- **VPS x86 (G11 / G12)**: High-performance shared vCPU cloud instances powered by modern AMD EPYC CPUs, fast DDR5 ECC RAM, enterprise NVMe SSD storage, and up to 2.5 Gbps port. Best suited for web hosting, Docker staging, VPNs, and internal business tools.
- **VPS ARM64 (Ampere® Altra®)**: High-density, energy-efficient cloud compute with up to 128 predictable physical cores per socket, zero hyperthreading contention. Optimized for microservices, web servers, and big data processing.
- **vServer Lite**: Budget-friendly entry-level virtual servers with enterprise SSD RAID for lightweight tasks, personal VPNs, development environments, and DNS nodes.
- **Webhosting (Managed)**: High-speed managed shared hosting packages (Webhosting 1000 - 8000) featuring Plesk panel, free SSL, daily backups, and included domain registrations.

## Datacenter Locations & Network Peering

- **Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Germany)**: Netcup's primary Tier-3+ datacenter hub with direct DE-CIX and ECIX peering.
- **Karlsruhe (Germany)**: Secondary German datacenter hub with ISO 27001 certification.
- **Vienna (Wien, Austria)**: Central/Eastern European low-latency hub (Anexia backbone).
- **Amsterdam (Netherlands)**: Major European connectivity gateway with AMS-IX interconnection.
- **Manassas (Virginia, USA)**: East Coast North American deployment zone.
- **Singapore**: Asia-Pacific high-speed gateway for regional low latency.

## Network Traffic & Fair Use Throttling Policies

- **Root Server (2.5 Gbps Port)**: If traffic exceeds 3 TB within a 24-hour window, speed is temporarily throttled to 300 Mbps until usage normalizes. Zero extra fee.
- **VPS x86 & ARM64 (2.5 Gbps Port)**: If average traffic exceeds 2 TB within 24 hours, speed is temporarily throttled to 200 Mbps until usage normalizes. Zero extra fee.
- **vServer Lite (1 Gbps Port)**: If average traffic exceeds 100 Mbps over 24 hours, speed is temporarily limited to 100 Mbps.
- **Singapore Location**: Up to 1 Gbps port within 2 TB (VPS) or 3 TB (Root Server) monthly quota; afterwards throttled to 5 Mbps or 10 Mbps for the remainder of the month.

## Local Block Storage Expansion

- **Price Rate**: €0.012 / GB / Month (+ VAT if applicable).
- **Expandability**: Expandable up to 8 TB for Root Servers (G9+), VPS x86 (G10+), and VPS ARM64. Expandable up to 4 TB for vServer Lite and vGPU.
- **Flexibility**: No long-term contract lock-in; volumes can be dynamically attached, detached, and migrated between instances via SCP.

## Official Country VAT Rates & Tax Exemption Matrix

Netcup automatically applies country-specific VAT rates upon location selection in the header or during checkout:
- **0% Tax-Exempt (Zero-Rated)**:
  - **China**: 0%
  - **United States**: 0%
  - **Other** (All non-listed international countries/territories, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore, etc.): 0%
- **Non-EU with Specific VAT Rates**:
  - **Switzerland**: 8.1%
  - **Liechtenstein**: 8.1%
  - **United Kingdom**: 20% (UK VAT collected by Netcup)
- **EU Member States (Destination VAT 17% - 27%)**:
  - Luxembourg (17%), Malta (18%), Germany (19%), Cyprus (19%), Austria (20%), Bulgaria (20%), France (20%), Belgium (21%), Czech Republic (21%), Latvia (21%), Lithuania (21%), Netherlands (21%), Romania (21%), Spain (21%), Italy (22%), Slovenia (22%), Ireland (23%), Poland (23%), Portugal (23%), Slovakia (23%), Estonia (24%), Greece (24%), Croatia (25%), Denmark (25%), Sweden (25%), Finland (25.5%), Hungary (27%).

## Key Technical Comparisons

- **Netcup vs Hetzner**: Netcup Root Servers offer 100% dedicated AMD EPYC Zen 5 cores at significantly lower monthly price points and higher default bandwidth (2.5 Gbps vs Hetzner 1 Gbps / 20TB limit). Hetzner Cloud excels in hourly billing and API agility.
- **Netcup vs Contabo**: Netcup provides guaranteed physical core allocation (zero steal time) and enterprise NVMe RAID, whereas Contabo uses heavily shared vCPUs.

## Exclusive 2026 Voucher Codes & Discounts

- **5€ Registration Voucher**: Flat 5 Euro discount for newly registered customer accounts. Valid across Webhosting, VPS, and Root Servers.
- **Root Server Coupons**: Up to 2 months free or recurring lifetime price reductions on RS 1000 - RS 8000 G12.
- **VPS Coupons**: 1 month free on VPS 1000 - VPS 8000 G12 series.
- **Webhosting Coupons**: 30% lifetime discount on managed Webhosting plans.
- *Real-time Code Inventory*: Updated every 5 minutes at https://netcup.blog/vouchers.html

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