Do you know the Location of your Nearest Web Hosting Data Center?

Many consumers of web content and applications streamed over the Internet to their devices may be unaware of the sophisticated data center and delivery apparatus put in place by web hosting customers to meet the ‘need for speed’ that both Google and customers are demanding.
To make data and apps fast – really fast – they are building new datacenter infrastructure in locations around the world in an effort to bring content closer to the physical device the end-user is using no matter where he or she is located.

While Content Delivery Networks (CDN) are the most visible technology spearheading this brave new world, just about every facet of website hosting requires this geographical diversity of datacenters.
In many instances, web hosting companies may offer Virtual Private Servers or Cloud Servers in over 20 locations including London, Paris, Amsterdam, Sydney, Singapore, Tokyo, New Delhi, Sao Paulo, Montreal, Washington, Seattle and Salt Lake City, just to name a few.
Via clouds located around the world, a web host is able to customize content delivery towards an individual customer rather than simply adopting a one-size fits all approach. Plus, IT administrators can also purchase VPS servers closest to their physical location, making connection speeds extremely fast.
Then, once your site is up and running, customers will not get impatient waiting for pages to load, which could turn them onto your competitor site. Also don’t forget that Google favors websites that load quickly.
Additional benefits are offered in this decentralization of datacenter infrastructure in the form of security and performance, since engineers can tailor their platforms to the key requirements of users in any particular section of the globe.
Several key features typify the modern international data center:
• Tier 3 classification
• Redundant power sources
• Multiple network carriers for enhanced reliability and performance
• VESDA smoke detection systems
• 24/7 security and surveillance
Cloud servers exemplify the new on-demand scalability inherent in cloud computing models offering a secure and isolated environment to re-size on demand without having to reboot software. The self-healing characteristics of the cloud are made even more attractive when spread across global datacenters to increase content delivery speeds and cater towards more sophisticated disaster & recovery methods.
IT administrators can also launch new software extremely quickly including completing a WordPress installation in less than 15 minutes, in some cases. All of this infrastructural maturity does not cost much either. Cloud servers are wrapped up in utility pricing models that means you only pay for the resources you consume.
The widening global footprint of international datacenters, owned and operated by web hosting companies, is adding a huge amount of value to both the company producing and delivery web content and those international users that consume it.