Osaka, Japan: CloudFlare's 35th Data Center

On June 22, 2015, Cloudflare announced its latest deployment in Osaka, Japan, marking their second data center in Japan and fifth in Asia. This expansion serves not only Osaka but also Nagoya and the entire Keihanshin metropolitan area, providing faster application delivery to over 30 million inhabitants. The new facility offers full redundancy of traffic with their Tokyo facility, bringing Cloudflare closer to all 110 million internet users in Japan. The text highlights the challenges faced by the Internet industry in Asia due to poor regional traffic management and lack of local interconnection among major telecommunications providers. It compares this situation to Europe's past struggle with intra-European traffic, which was resolved through the establishment of European internet exchange points (IXPs). The article also discusses how Cloudflare is addressing these challenges by maintaining direct connectivity to all Tier 1 operators and major regional incumbents throughout Asia. The deployment in Osaka demonstrates a significant improvement in latency for users in Nagoya, reducing it from 11ms to 7ms. This expansion further enhances Cloudflare's commitment to providing faster, safer, and better internet services globally.