I don't think latency is actually the most important feature of edge computing. Sure, it's great that if you use Cloudflare Workers you get very close to end users and have low latency. I think the real advantages will be:
1. Set-it-and-forget-it scalability
2. Compliance with data locality laws
#2 is going to be the absolute wave of the future. Not just in Europe, but everywhere. Every country is going to introduce laws that mean their citizens' data needs to stay in region or in country. A widely distributed edge will make that easy to handle because it can be a configuration option.
1. Set-it-and-forget-it scalability
2. Compliance with data locality laws
#2 is going to be the absolute wave of the future. Not just in Europe, but everywhere. Every country is going to introduce laws that mean their citizens' data needs to stay in region or in country. A widely distributed edge will make that easy to handle because it can be a configuration option.