Apex Legends Servers are on the move.
Apex Legends have migrated their servers to Amazon Web Services (AWS). This is a huge decision for the game, with servers always a constant complaint across the game over the years.
They join a host of other games to use AWS servers, with clients including Ubisoft, Scopely and Sega. Hopefully this migration brings stability and improvement to Apex Legends matches. No doubt there will still be people complaining about servers, but an improvement would be very welcome.
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New Apex Legends servers locations
However, this migration has changed the locations of the servers and the way they are displayed in game. There are still a range of servers all over the world, but there are some location changes as well as some that don't exist anymore.
That means players will probably find themselves on a different ping during their matches. From the server names listed in game, the location of the servers is no longer visible either.
However, here is the full and complete list of all the new Apex Legends servers, their in-game name as well as their physical locations.
- us-east-1: N. Virginia
- us-east-2: Ohio
- us-west-2: Oregon
- eu-central-1: Frankfurt
- sa-east-1: São Paulo
- ap-northeast-1: Tokyo
- me-south-1: Bahrain
- ap-southeast-2: Sydney
- ap-east-1: Hong Kong
- ap-southeast-1: Singapore
There are a lot less servers than there were before. That means players will experience a different ping and have to find the new best location. Servers like South Carolina and Dallas no longer exist, neither does London. EU players have a single option, and New York no longer exists as a "hybrid" server for EU players wishing to play on NA.
That said, just because there are less options does not mean this will result in a worse experience. This big decision to change will have been made with improvement in mind. Respawn say they are monitoring the switch closely.
