McAllen, Texas: Cloudflare opens 119th Data Center just north of the Mexico border

McAllen, Texas is a strategic location for Cloudflare's 119th data center due to its proximity to Mexico and being halfway between Dallas, Texas and Mexico City. The border between the USA and Mexico is less than nine miles away from the data center. This placement reduces latency by approximately 500 miles or 12 milliseconds of round-trip latency for Mexican traffic. Additionally, a significant amount of Mexican Cloudflare traffic is delivered to ISPs and telcos just south of the border, further improving their performance. Furthermore, MEX-IX, a new Internet Exchange in McAllen, Texas, provides a way to interconnect with Mexican carriers already present in the area.