Run a Applied Energistics 2 server
Digital storage networks and autocrafting — the endgame of every tech server.
Installs automatically · Live in under 30 seconds · No port forwarding
AE2 is where storage stops being chests and starts being infrastructure: item networks, crafting CPUs, and channels that force real network design. It's the backbone mod of most tech servers because everything else feeds into it.
Autocrafting bursts are CPU-spiky — a 64k crafting job wakes a lot of machines at once. A server with guaranteed resources keeps those bursts invisible to everyone else online.
From zero to playing in three steps
Create the server
One click below pins NeoForge with AE2 staged. Name it, pick a plan, done.
Boot and verify
Dependencies install on first start. Open the live console and watch the server come up — first modded boot takes a minute.
Join and network
Install AE2 client-side, join, and start laying cable. Add more mods any time from the Mods tab.
Versions & compatibility
The create button sets up NeoForge 26.1.2 — the newest release both Applied Energistics 2 and our catalog support. You can change it later in your server settings.
Iron — 4 GB RAM, $13.99/mo
4 GB is our honest sizing for Applied Energistics 2. Start here — upgrading later is one click and your world comes with you.
- ✓Up to 10 players
- ✓Vanilla & light plugins
- ✓One-click backups
- ✓Up to 25 players
- ✓Most modpacks & plugins
- ✓One-click backups
- ✓Up to 40 players
- ✓All modpacks & plugins
- ✓One-click backups
- ✓Up to 200 players
- ✓Our biggest allocation
- ✓The heaviest packs, maxed out
Pairs well with
Questions, answered.
How much RAM does an AE2 server need?+
4 GB covers AE2 with a normal companion set. AE2 itself is lean — it's the mods you feed it with (Create, Mekanism, generators) that push you toward 6 GB.
Is AE2 available for Fabric?+
Yes — AE2 ships official Fabric, Forge and NeoForge builds. We default the server to NeoForge, where the surrounding tech ecosystem is deepest; switch the flavor in the full wizard if your group runs Fabric.
Do channels work in multiplayer?+
Identically to singleplayer — channels are server-side logic. Every player shares the same networks, which is what makes AE2 great on a shared base.
Your Applied Energistics 2 server, tonight
Name it, pick a plan, and Applied Energistics 2 installs itself. That is the whole setup.