Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
They don't apply lag intentionally. They originally moved the location of the NA data centers because the previous location was not good for server upgrades which they needed. Unfortunately this increased ping for many players, and got caught up in a political issue with NTT who were throttling network traffic for political reasons unrelated to SE - but this directly affects traffic to SE's servers.
I believe OP is mentioning the issue discussed on this thread:

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...threads/444667