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by squiffsquiff 1665 days ago
Why do you "need the servers to be in very close proximity" in a retail store? It's not high frequency trading
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duxup 1665 days ago
Poor connectivity to the internet?
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p_l 1665 days ago
Given that AWS Outposts behave badly without connection to mothership, well...
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duxup 1665 days ago
Why do you want it close then?

Purely local latency?

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p_l 1665 days ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29398880 summarizes it best when it comes to my answer :)
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AstroDogCatcher 1665 days ago
For some customers, I imagine this will start off as an emotionally-driven request...until they see the price.
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