Cloudflare’s Gen X: Servers for an Accelerated Future

Cloudflare has designed its network to allow every server in every city to run every service, enabling efficient growth and resource allocation. The company uses standard commodity hardware and manages code execution across its network for optimization. It employs Anycast routing to direct web requests to the nearest data center and Unimog, a custom load balancing system, to distribute traffic across diverse server components. Recent upgrades include Gen X servers powered by AMD EPYC processors, which provide increased performance at lower costs compared to Intel-based hardware. The company continues to explore new technologies and remains optimistic about future advancements in CPU offerings.