A proxy whose IP comes from a server/cloud provider (AWS, Hetzner, OVH) rather than a real ISP. Datacenter proxies are cheap and fast but easy for anti-bot systems to identify by ASN and block on sight, which is why they fail on protected targets. Mobile and residential IPs exist to solve exactly this problem.
What is a datacenter proxy?
A proxy whose IP comes from a server/cloud provider (AWS, Hetzner, OVH) rather than a real ISP. Datacenter proxies are cheap and fast but easy for anti-bot systems to identify by A