Regardless of what may or may not have been the original reason, making it a better option for SEA players sounds like a really good idea. They've been asking for being able to play the game with a decent ping for years. Although I don't know how much you'd have to physically move the servers to achieve a good ping for players in both SEA and Australia (or if it'd have to be in the middle of the ocean to be good for both areas). However, when it opened, I read it could have a better ping if the data wouldn't be routed over Japan instead of going the direct way. I don't know if this is still an issue nor if it would be widespread, but should this affect many SEA players, this would be a good starting point to make OCE more attractive to them. (If this is on SE to fix it or SEA internet providers, I cannot say. Wouldn't hurt if SE'd come knocking at the doors of said providers though.)