Aquele Abraço Rio de Janeiro: Cloudflare's 116th Data Center!

Cloudflare has opened a new data center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marking its eighth data center in South America and expanding the company's network to 116 cities across 57 countries. This expansion will improve performance and security for over six million internet applications in Brazil while providing redundancy to the existing São Paulo data center. As more ISPs connect with Cloudflare at local internet exchanges, the company aims to provide closer coverage to a growing share of Brazilian internet users. Rio de Janeiro has played a significant role in the history of the internet in Brazil, and today the city is well-connected with residents creating their own ISPs in some favelas. Cloudflare also has eight additional data centers planned across Latin America.