Region choice drives user-perceived latency. Pick closest-to-your-users, not closest-to-you.
Available regions
- nyc1 — New York, USA (East-coast US / EU-latency-tolerant)
- sfo1 — San Jose, USA (West-coast US / LATAM)
- fra1 — Frankfurt, Germany (Central EU)
- lon1 — London, UK (UK + West EU)
- sgp1 — Singapore (SEA, India, ANZ)
- tyo1 — Tokyo, Japan (Japan, Korea, China-edge)
- dxb1 — Dubai, UAE (MENA, South Asia)
- syd1 — Sydney, Australia (ANZ)
Decision rules
- > 70% users in one region? Put compute there, CDN handles the rest.
- Global audience? Multi-region with anycast DNS or CDN at the edge.
- Regulatory: EU users → Frankfurt or London (GDPR). Healthcare USA → NY or SJ.