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1623 Farnam is now officially the only low latency direct connection to Google Cloud in the central United States. If you’re looking to connect to Google Cloud marketplace solutions, we’re the place with the fastest connection. Colocate your equipment here and connect to Google with the lowest possible latency. The United States is one of the largest adopters of Google Cloud globally and hosts a number of locations in the country so users can run cloud applications in an area nearby. Of Google’s 18 regions, five are located in the United States. Of these five American regions, one of them – called US Central 1 – is located right here [...]

The gaming industry is on the cusp of a breakthrough, and it will bank heavily (and literally) on colocation and ultra low latency access to the cloud to blossom. Where game streaming services are ready for takeoff, the necessary networks are not ready to support them. Online gaming has traditionally responded to developments in internet technology, but now the tables have turned and gaming developers and distributors are leading the charge. It’s time for network providers to respond. A Look Into The Past of Internet Gaming Gaming is putting new demands on networks, but it hasn’t always been this way. In fact, for decades multiplayer gaming simply responded to what [...]