Like Madi said, in a round about way, we've figured out where the new data center is. It is indeed in Montreal, Canada.
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http://www.investquebec.com/en/index.aspx?page=3119
Square Enix Opens a New Data Centre in Montréal
Eidos-Montréal, a subsidiary of interactive entertainment product publisher Square Enix, has announced the inauguration of a new technology centre in Montréal.
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Anthony Salazar's Projects
Final Fantasy 14 MMO Data Center Buildout
May 2012 to Present
Team Members: Anthony Salazar
Was picked by the CIO in Japan to be a project manager for the North American side of the business. This project was built out in Montreal Canada.
Responsible for finding a data center facility in Montreal Canada to host the Final Fantasy 14 online game.Responsible and accountable for equipment, Internet, and data center vendor selection.
Negotiated with vendors and Data Center...more
http://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyjsalazarIf you want to know your ping to the new datacentre:
Code:
> ping square-enix-montreal.com
Pinging square-enix-montreal.com [184.107.107.176] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 184.107.107.176: bytes=32 time=102ms TTL=55
Reply from 184.107.107.176: bytes=32 time=101ms TTL=55
Reply from 184.107.107.176: bytes=32 time=100ms TTL=55
Reply from 184.107.107.176: bytes=32 time=99ms TTL=55
Ping statistics for 184.107.107.176:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 99ms, Maximum = 102ms, Average = 100ms
Versus the old data center:
Code:
> ping jp.square-enix.com
Pinging jp.square-enix.com [202.67.53.202] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 202.67.53.202: bytes=32 time=289ms TTL=47
Reply from 202.67.53.202: bytes=32 time=292ms TTL=47
Reply from 202.67.53.202: bytes=32 time=283ms TTL=47
Reply from 202.67.53.202: bytes=32 time=293ms TTL=47
Ping statistics for 202.67.53.202:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 283ms, Maximum = 293ms, Average = 289ms