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Which data center location will be the best to host a website having a majority of traffic from Australia and USA?

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I’m about to host a new WordPress blog having a majority of traffic from Australia and USA, can you guys please suggest me Which data center location will be the best to host a website having a majority of traffic from Australia and USA?

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ryanpq January 11, 2018

The biggest limiting factor (usually) for latency is the speed of light so physical proximity is key. With an audience on both sides of the Pacific you would likely benefit from using either the San Francisco or Singapore data centers.

We offer speed tests and test files to check the transfer throughput and latency here:

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