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True, but populous though Manhattan is, it hardly warrants its own data center. If latency was their prime concern they would build the data center in the middl
by _mulder_ 13y ago
True, but populous though Manhattan is, it hardly warrants its own data center. If latency was their prime concern they would build the data center in the middle of the population density. For North East US, a location between NY and Washington DC would make more sense.
It could be for transatlantic latency, but this would just be between the US and European data centers anyways.
In short, no, I don't think latency would be a big deal here. Correct me if I'm wrong.
- nasalgoat 13y agoWhen you're Google, 10ms makes a difference. In my own personal experience, a decrease of 100ms in my response time results in a 20% increase of traffic. Latency matters that much.
- _mulder_ 13y agoYes 10ms does matter, but building a data center in the middle of NY vs 20 miles outside is not going to create anywhere near 10ms latency, its not even going to create 1ms, on the Google network at least. Your cable provider is a far higher source of latency.
- nasalgoat 13y agoDepends on where the Meet-Me centre of the city is - it might even be that building.