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CDN PoP (point of presence) placement is extremely important for content delivery network providers looking to grow quickly and entice new customers to join their network. By placing points of presence in strategically important locations that experience high levels of internet traffic, CDN providers can serve their customers’ data to end users more quickly, with higher bandwidth and lower latency levels. This can have a dramatic affect on end user satisfaction and help companies with an online presence serve their customers better.

Because of this, many CDN providers regularly increase their CDN PoP numbers in an effort to improve their network performance. The latest CDN provider to add a new point of presence to their network is Cloudflare. Cloudflare is a San Francisco, US, based company that offers extensive content delivery network services and is growing fast. They have announced that they will be leverage a CDN PoP at PheonixNAP’s large and well connected data centre facility in Arizona. PhoenixNAP is a global IT services provider offering cloud, bare metal dedicated server, colocation, and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) technology solutions. Their expertise will provide Cloudflare with excellent performance and flexibility.

CDN PoP Expansion Benefits

“Carrier diversity and cross-connectivity are increasingly important to our global client base,” says Ian McClarty, President of PhoenixNAP. “With Cloudflare, we are able to offer them more possibilities to collocate and cross-connect their infrastructure to realize business objectives on a global scale. We are excited to work with experts from Cloudflare on creating new opportunities in the digital world.”

“Providers like PhoenixNAP help us deliver on our promise to offer safer and faster internet services to our global consumers,” Nitin Rao, Head of Infrastructure Strategy, Cloudflare. “Our clients’ businesses depend on our ability to constantly grow our network and our expanded presence in the Southwest at PhoenixNAP’s facility helps us further realise our goals and respond to our customers’ needs.”