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by bombcar 1348 days ago
And if the oceanic cables land in population centers, the latency to other locations might not have been that bad - you wait until you have indication that enough load would shift to your new datacenter before building.
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> And if the oceanic cables land in population centers,

The cable will land in Cape Town, a coastal population centre.

Johannesburg is the largest business and population centre, but it's far inland. Cape Town, though it is further south, will have a smaller ping time to US and Europe.

How good/reliable are the Johannesburg to Cape Town connections? I'd assume they're as good or better than the oceanics leaving.
Sure, but it's 1200 km / 780 miles straight line from CT to JHB.