[_Soulou]

Is there any plan for a European presence? (At least, for the storage part)

[atYevP]

Yev from Backblaze -> Yes! We do hope to have a location in Europe and are on the hunt for one! That said, it's a bit of a long process, so there's no ETA for now - but it's something we're actively pursuing!

[budmang]

Just to add a bit more color - we're actively aiming to have a European region by end of year.

[sgtfrankieboy]

Is it possible that it will be hosted in a similar fashion to how Azure does their German datacenters?

[budmang]

By 'similar' do you mean having a German trustee or something else?

[sgtfrankieboy]

Yea, I mean having a German (or other European) trustee.

[justinclift]

The CLOUD Act thing being discussed presently (re: Microsoft) sounds like it could make things tricky. :/

[amq]

Frankfurt has the best peering overall, if you also consider Eastern Europe in the equation.

[budmang]

Does it matter where in Europe for you? And curious which of the various reasons does a European presence matter to you most?

[alexkon]

Perhaps somewhere close to AMS-IX? For me, that would be network latency to non-US customers.

[budmang]

Thanks - definitely looking near there.

[heipei]

Speed and latency for me as well.

[chrisper]

For me it would be speed.

[atYevP]

Gleb's the CEO so he'd know these things :D