Northern California

Operationalup to RTX 5080

GeForce NOW is up in Northern California right now: its 2 servers in San Jose are operational. 101 players ahead on the free plan, a wait of about 1h 55m.

How we know →

2 GeForce NOW servers in San Jose, United States, run by NVIDIA directly, the oldest of them in service since Oct 20, 2021.

Your wait in Northern California right now
Free1011h 55m
Performance–
Ultimate–
Servers reporting2 of 2
Shortest to longest42–101

Only the free queue is measured here. Performance and Ultimate members start ahead of it.

2 servers, all operationalUp to RTX 5080No incident in 12 months
Servers2 in service
NP-SJC6-04
since Oct 20, 202142 aheadOperational
NP-SJC6-06
since Mar 20, 2025101 aheadOperational

Queue over time

The free queue in San Jose’s clock. The line is what that hour usually holds, so a bar standing above it is a busier hour than normal. Hover for the figure and what it meant as a wait.

A typical week in San Jose

The usual free queue for every hour of the week, over the last 30 days. The brighter the cell, the longer the line. The blue outline is this hour.

Usually 17 across the whole week. Point at an hour for its own figure.
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
12am6am12pm6pm
quietest 11busiest 41
Server by server, the last 48 hoursOne bar an hour per server: the usual length of its free-plan queue.
NP-SJC6-04peak 53
NP-SJC6-06peak 114
48 HOURS AGO24 HOURS AGONOW
up to 10 11 to 60 over 60 no reading
The last 90 daysOne cell per day, coloured by the worst incident NVIDIA declared here that day.
Northern California — whole region81 of 90 days clear
90 DAYS AGOTODAY

A green day is a day NVIDIA reported no incident. Incidents that affected all regions are included.

Incidents in this region0 on record

NVIDIA has reported no incident for Northern California in the last eighteen months. Incidents that affected every region at once are on the main status page.

About GeForce NOW in Northern California

Is GeForce NOW down in Northern California right now?
GeForce NOW is up in Northern California right now: its 2 servers in San Jose are operational. 101 players ahead on the free plan, a wait of about 1h 55m. The status is updated every five minutes. The incidents NVIDIA reported here in the last year are listed below.
Which server does GeForce NOW use in Northern California?
The Northern California region, 2 servers in San Jose, United States, run by NVIDIA, up to RTX 5080, the oldest in service since Oct 20, 2021. NVIDIA's status page lists it as Northern California (USA). The app picks the region with the lowest latency to you and shows it under Settings → Server location.
How long is the GeForce NOW queue in Northern California?
101 players ahead on the free plan at the last reading, a wait of about 1h 55m. Performance and Ultimate members wait in a shorter queue, and rarely at all. The queue is longest on weekday evenings in local time and on weekends; the servers table shows each plan.
How do I skip the queue in Northern California?
Play outside the evening peak, pin a quieter nearby region under Settings → Server location (the regions listed below are the closest), or leave the free plan: Performance and Ultimate members have priority access and start ahead of every free player.