A bit off-topic for this thread, but I disagree that congregating on a single data center is a player-created problem. It is a player-discovered, optimal solution to the game environment as it is currently designed by SE.

Multiplayer content works better with more people together, and we can freely DC transfer to congregate. Therefore, a single place of congregation makes sense from the players’ perspective.

For NA, for better or for worse, this place of congregation has become Aether.

(I hate this situation, by the way, but let’s not fault the players for it.)