will be eager to read it... I'm not from Europe, but I recall it being said previously that the EU would have its own datacenter.

Granted MMOs are very tolerant of network latency (the "lag' tends to be more server processing/load/design issues than network issues) and most players didn't have much issue when the servers were Japan only, but it's still a bit disappointing.

I suppose in some ways its a good thing as there will be somewhat of an increase in cultural diversity among NA servers.