I believe it's cheaper connectivity, due to the network monopoly in the US. For European hosting providers, traffic tends to be cheap or free. For Amazon, you'l

I believe it's cheaper connectivity, due to the network monopoly in the US. For European hosting providers, traffic tends to be cheap or free. For Amazon, you'll pay through the nose for egress traffic. And when we tried to rent a Verizon 1gbit dedicated line to our Boston office, they quoted us $15k monthly. In Germany, we paid first €199 then €499 for a dedicated 1gbit fiber line from 1&1.