There is an additional upside of this. When offering APIs to support user experience in a global model, it is necessary to consider the user experience including factors beyond your control such as network latency.
If an API application and gateways are deployed in Europe, for example, users in Australia are going to experience some latency. With the fastest, most direct fiber connections, it will take 56 milliseconds for a bit of data to travel from London to Sydney (16,983 km). This is simple physics of the speed of light which travels at 299,792 km/s. This is before taking into account the reality of network traffic going through multiple routing servers and networks.
By having the physical ...
