When using a VPN it is important to know what networking infrastructures you are actually interacting with. Very few VPN providers own and operate their own servers.

Using the traceroute tool you can see that while using the Seattle based Private Internet Access server, you will connect to multiple Cogentco and Iomart servers along the way.

1lo0-0.gw2.cjj1.us.linode.com
173.255.239.102
LINODE-AP Linode, LLC, US173.255.239.0/240.0%0.83ms
2nyk-b10-link.ip.twelve99.net
213.248.78.32
TWELVE99 Arelion, fka Telia Carrier, SE213.248.64.0/180.0%1.59ms
3nyk-bb2-link.ip.twelve99.net
62.115.136.170
TWELVE99 Arelion, fka Telia Carrier, SE62.115.0.0/160.0%1.74ms
4nyk-b7-link.ip.twelve99.net
62.115.143.13
TWELVE99 Arelion, fka Telia Carrier, SE62.115.0.0/160.0%2.05ms
5???
6be3363.ccr42.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com
154.54.3.125
COGENT-174, US154.48.0.0/120.0%2.74ms
7be2890.ccr22.cle04.atlas.cogentco.com
154.54.82.245
COGENT-174, US154.48.0.0/120.0%16.05ms
8be2718.ccr42.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com
154.54.7.129
COGENT-174, US154.48.0.0/120.0%20.05ms
9be2832.ccr22.mci01.atlas.cogentco.com
154.54.44.169
COGENT-174, US154.48.0.0/120.0%42.19ms
10be3036.ccr22.den01.atlas.cogentco.com
154.54.31.89
COGENT-174, US154.48.0.0/120.0%46.09ms
11be3038.ccr32.slc01.atlas.cogentco.com
154.54.42.97
COGENT-174, US154.48.0.0/120.0%57.17ms
12be2029.ccr22.sea02.atlas.cogentco.com
154.54.86.110
COGENT-174, US154.48.0.0/120.0%74.56ms
13be2074.rcr21.b052488-1.sea02.atlas.cogentco.com
154.54.47.110
COGENT-174, US154.48.0.0/120.0%72.04ms
14154.21.20.87COGENT-174, US154.21.0.0/160.0%66.61ms

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