Osaka, Japan: CloudFlare's 35th Data Center

This post announces the deployment of Cloudflare's 35th global data center in Osaka, Japan. It details the strategic importance of this location for serving the Keihanshin metropolitan area and improving application delivery to 30 million inhabitants. The post also discusses the challenges of internet traffic delivery in Asia due to poor routing and lack of local interconnection among incumbent telecommunications providers, contrasting it with the more developed IXP ecosystem in Europe. Cloudflare's membership in multiple Japanese IXPs (JPIX, JPNAP, BBIX, Equinix) is highlighted as a means to leverage its Anycast network architecture for improved routing and reduced latency for users in Nagoya and the surrounding region.