I wasn't around at the time, but I suspect it's mainly because the first datacenters were on the West Coast. See e.g. the story at http://www.dodgycoder.net/201

I wasn't around at the time, but I suspect it's mainly because the first datacenters were on the West Coast. See e.g. the story at http://www.dodgycoder.net/2013/02/googles-fiber-leeching-caper.html http://www.dodgycoder.net/2013/02/googles-fiber-leeching-cap...