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Off-topic. What's up with Frankfurt? 3 of 5 cloud companies compared here have Frankfurt listed as their European data center location.

by ranit 10y ago

detaro 10y ago
Location of DE-CIX, primary european internet exchange (according to themselves the one with the largest throughput worldwide, but AFAIK that's disputed)
- ranit 10y ago
  Thanks. This explains.
  - darkhorn 10y ago
    And why european primary internet exchange point is here? Because this city is an international financial center https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13798598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13798598 I've been there. Men and women in suits leaving work at 8 pm. Heartquaters of some big German banks etc. International buisness center.
- AdamGibbins 10y ago
  It's either DE-CIX or AMS-IX. I believe AMS have more members and higher average throughput, but CIX have higher potential throughput.
- lossolo 10y ago
  AMS-IX in Amsterdam is primary EU IX.
darkhorn 10y ago
The heart of € is here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Central_Bank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Central_Bank International airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt International finacial center. Like second financial center of Europe after London.
nraynaud 10y ago
the underlying explanation of all the other answers is: "its on the Rhine and quite north". The Rhine is historically the most important river of the area, so big cities and populations sprang on it. And, strangely, the Rhine is/was an important connexion to the UK, hence the importance of Frankfurt even on a quite large scale. Today it still makes sense to go there because Germany is the wealthiest country around, and from there you can serve the entire Paris-Brussels-Amsterdam-Frankfurt area, which includes a lot of people: http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-143547/Population-density-of-Europe-and-the-Caucasus-region http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-143547/Population-de... edit: before I get punched by an autist, Frankfurt not ON the Rhine, but it has an incredibly quick access to the Rhine without being subject to its floods.

Off-topic. What's up with Frankfurt? 3 of 5 cloud companies compared here have Frankfurt listed as their European data center location.

by ranit 10y ago

Off-topic. What's up with Frankfurt? 3 of 5 cloud companies compared here have Frankfurt listed as their European data center location.

detaro 10y ago

Location of DE-CIX, primary european internet exchange (according to themselves the one with the largest throughput worldwide, but AFAIK that's disputed)

ranit 10y ago
Thanks. This explains.
- darkhorn 10y ago
  And why european primary internet exchange point is here? Because this city is an international financial center https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13798598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13798598 I've been there. Men and women in suits leaving work at 8 pm. Heartquaters of some big German banks etc. International buisness center.
AdamGibbins 10y ago
It's either DE-CIX or AMS-IX. I believe AMS have more members and higher average throughput, but CIX have higher potential throughput.
lossolo 10y ago
AMS-IX in Amsterdam is primary EU IX.

darkhorn 10y ago

The heart of € is here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Central_Bank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Central_Bank International airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt International finacial center. Like second financial center of Europe after London.

nraynaud 10y ago

the underlying explanation of all the other answers is: "its on the Rhine and quite north". The Rhine is historically the most important river of the area, so big cities and populations sprang on it. And, strangely, the Rhine is/was an important connexion to the UK, hence the importance of Frankfurt even on a quite large scale. Today it still makes sense to go there because Germany is the wealthiest country around, and from there you can serve the entire Paris-Brussels-Amsterdam-Frankfurt area, which includes a lot of people: http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-143547/Population-density-of-Europe-and-the-Caucasus-region http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-143547/Population-de... edit: before I get punched by an autist, Frankfurt not ON the Rhine, but it has an incredibly quick access to the Rhine without being subject to its floods.