Quote Originally Posted by Paranoir View Post
Also, the data center never would have been placed up north in Montreal in the first place if it didn't have to factor in the EU players.
It's a mix of several things. Eidos was acquired by SE Europe back in 2009 and to this day is controlled by that subsidiary. It had a studio & offices in Montreal that had about 350 employees at the time. There was an article before ARR which talked about a new DataCenter dealing with Eidos Montreal, which turned out to be the NA DC for ARR.

While EU players were likely part of the reason the DC was located there, I believe one of the main reasons was they already had an established office there since 2009. Which makes sense considering it was the first time outside of Japan that they established a MMO DataCenter. Which they could have in house employees oversee and manage it.