and I'm in northern Virginia near DC and a huge chunk of my Internet traffic goes to the Ashburn area, which is about 30 miles to the west of me. there are mass

and I'm in northern Virginia near DC and a huge chunk of my Internet traffic goes to the Ashburn area, which is about 30 miles to the west of me. there are massive data centers all over the world, almost never at the premises of the Internet companies themselves. you seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of the Internet, my friend.