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title: "Cloud IPs | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "The IPs that k6 tests run on, and how many VUs can run on each IP"
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# Cloud IPs

It helps to know what IPs are associated with Grafana k6 cloud tests. For example, you could use the IPs to identify traffic sources, or to bypass network rate limits.

## IP addresses used by the k6 app

> Note
> 
> The Middle East (`me-south-1`) location is currently unavailable. For more details, refer to the [Grafana status page](https://status.grafana.com/incidents/txcxl9sxxqm9).

k6 uses AWS for load generators. For the IP addresses used in the different load zones and filtering methods, refer directly to the [Amazon IP ranges](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-ip-ranges.html). Generally, the app and documentation refer to geographically distributed load generators as [load zones](/docs/grafana-cloud/testing/k6/author-run/use-load-zones/).

The zone codes are mapped as follows:

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| Zone Code        | Location  |
|------------------|-----------|
| `af-south-1`     | Cape Town |
| `ap-east-1`      | Hong Kong |
| `ap-northeast-1` | Tokyo     |
| `ap-northeast-2` | Seoul     |
| `ap-northeast-3` | Osaka     |
| `ap-southeast-1` | Singapore |
| `ap-southeast-2` | Sydney    |
| `ap-south-1`     | Mumbai    |
| `ca-central-1`   | Montreal  |
| `eu-north-1`     | Stockholm |
| `eu-central-1`   | Frankfurt |
| `eu-south-1`     | Milan     |
| `eu-west-1`      | Dublin    |
| `eu-west-2`      | London    |
| `eu-west-3`      | Paris     |
| `me-south-1`     | Bahrain   |
| `us-east-1`      | Ashburn   |
| `us-east-2`      | Columbus  |
| `us-west-1`      | Palo Alto |
| `us-west-2`      | Portland  |
| `sa-east-1`      | São Paulo |

## Static IPs

Refer to [Manage static IPs](/docs/grafana-cloud/testing/k6/projects-and-users/manage-static-ips/) for more details on how to purchase and use static IPs.