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Choosing the FASTEST DATACENTER location for your web server

WordPress hosting Sep 12, 2019 by Johnny

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.

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