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Jul, 2016 : Google Launches First Cloud Data Center on West Coast
📅 - Google's first cloud data center on the West Coast is now online, and it promises to provide US and Canadian users close to the coast a 30-80% reduction in latency. The West Coast center is located in Oregon. Previously, the closest center was in central US.
Now, cloud users in cities like Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, San Francisco, and LA should see major improvements in performance if they host in the new region.
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