Cloudflare deployment in Guam
Jul 25, 2022David Antunes

Summary
This post details the deployment of a new Cloudflare data center in Hagatna, Guam. It explains the geographical relevance of Guam for reducing latency to its residents and nearby archipelagos, highlights the submarine cables serving the region, and describes Cloudflare's peering with local ISPs via the Mariana Islands Internet Exchange (MARIIX). The post quantifies the performance impact with metrics showing significant reductions in Round Trip Time (RTT) for local users and notes an increase in HTTP requests in Guam post-deployment.