# Discord and Alpaca Server Location

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/discord-and-alpaca-server-location/13130>\
**Category:** Alpaca Products Discussion\
**Created:** [November 9, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/discord-and-alpaca-server-location/13130 "2023-11-09T15:37:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![licaili193](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d9b06d/32.png) [@licaili193](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/licaili193)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/discord-and-alpaca-server-location/13130/1 "2023-11-09T15:37:54Z")

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Hi, I’m wondering if Alpaca is going to have a discord server. I know we have a Slack channel, but a lot of companies are using Slack for work, so it is inconvenient to switch the workspace back and forth.

Another side question I have: if I want to set up an AWS server to run my program, which location should I choose? Where is Alpaca’s server located?

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**Author:** ![Dan\_Whitnable\_Alpaca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/dan_whitnable_alpaca/32/1658_2.png) [@Dan\_Whitnable\_Alpaca](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Dan_Whitnable_Alpaca)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/discord-and-alpaca-server-location/13130/2 "2023-11-09T19:12:33Z")

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@licaili193 Alpaca previously had a presence on Discord but discontinued it primarily for compliance issues. I personally use both the Alpaca internal slack and the community slack concurrently without issue. I open them in separate tabs.

The account servers are hosted by Google at their **us-east4 data center North Virginia**.

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**Author:** ![trusktr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/trusktr/32/6319_2.png) [@trusktr](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/trusktr)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/discord-and-alpaca-server-location/13130/3 "2025-06-20T22:54:25Z")

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Slack is inconvenient (managing all the accounts, and etc).

Out of curiosity, what are the “compliance reasons” the Discord server had to be discontinued?