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The reason Netflix would potentially wait for a proximate AWS datacenter is because all of their apps, backend services, and interface UIs are served from EC2 instances; all of the actual content delivery is in fact handled by their FreeBSD-based OpenConnect appliances. In other words, no, Netflix doesn't put their content on other, third-party CDNs like Cloudfront, Fastly, Limelight Networks, etc., but they do absolutely serve it all from their own, custom-built CDN/hardware.

[1]: https://openconnect.netflix.com/ [2]: https://fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/netflix_freebsd/ [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11129627 [4]: https://www.slideshare.net/aspyker/container-world-2018 [etc.]