For one, Mastodon's author is from Germany, but I don't think that has a lot of impact. What definitely does is that the major European server providers tend t

For one, Mastodon's author is from Germany, but I don't think that has a lot of impact. What definitely does is that the major European server providers tend to be located in one of those two countries (like OVH or Hetzner). Note that server location != user location, users could be anywhere in Europe without a noticeable latency. Doesn't make any sense for me to pay for a server located in my country when I can find one in Germany with an order of magnitude better performance for the price.