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Re: Landing Stations used as datacenter


From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom mu>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:04:37 +0200



On 15/Nov/19 11:33, Bill Woodcock wrote:

Correct.  The optimum location for peering is at the center of population density and the center of economic 
transaction density, since that minimizes average cable lengths to users.  I’ve never observed a cable landing site 
in the downtown core of a metro area.

The closest you would get is coastal cities, but even then, a CLS just
doesn't operate the same way as a data centre.

Mark.


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