I know the author well and he would likely conced to you some of the practical points you’re making about collocation and market microstructure. However he wro

I know the author well and he would likely conced to you some of the practical points you’re making about collocation and market microstructure. However he wrote the paper to illustrate how global compute networks could someday collaborate using the techniques described to facilitate AI. Hft is a early form of AI so if that’s an area of interest for you maybe take another look at that paper.