Bangkok, Thailand: CloudFlare’s 79th Data Center

On May 2, 2016, Cloudflare opened a new data center in Bangkok, Thailand, expanding its network to span across 32 cities in Asia and 79 globally. This expansion is part of the company's efforts to improve internet performance for users in Southeast Asia. Despite only 40% of the population being online, Thailand has quickly become a majority-mobile country with 70% of its users accessing the internet primarily via smartphones. Through Cloudflare's implementation of encryption and HTTP/2 Server Push, mobile users experience better performance and less battery usage for the same content. The company also announced partnerships with local carriers to improve internet experiences for their customers in Thailand.