Quote Originally Posted by Asdamine View Post
Err, you mean SE can't open up European located servers/data-centres?
Not unless they want to spend a butt-load of cash on it. In other words... it's probably not going to happen for a long time, if at all.

It's not just a matter of putting up servers in one of their European offices. They also need to have a dedicated high-speed line to synch them to the Japan datacenter as well, and possibly the Canada one too. They've been fighting with connectivity issues between Canada and Japan for about a month now as is. Throw a third site in the mix and things could get even uglier.

Now, if they would give in and allow more regionally locked services, they could trim the costs (and logistic nightmares) dramatically... but that's no likely gonna happen any time soon.