Choosing the FASTEST DATACENTER location for your web server

Which datacenter location should you choose for your web server?

Well, it depends on where your traffic is. I pick it based on ping times.

GENERAL DATACENTER RECOMMENDATIONS:

• Both USA West and USA East are equally good for nationwide US traffic. Coast-to-coast DNS difference is only about 70ms difference at most. But ideally would be somewhere in the middle like Texas, Chicago, New Orleans, etc.
• USA East is better if you have USA & Europe traffic.
• USA West is better if you have USA & world traffic (Europe, Asia, Australia).
• If traffic is in South America, I may still recommend USA datacenter. If traffic is in Africa, I may still recommend Europe datacenter. The reason is some places don’t have a reliable datacenter (erratic power, internet, or other utility outages).

Otherwise, pick the closest datacenter location to you if you only have local traffic.