Data center is no longer a singular location due to the demand for data center to be geographically distributed for various reasons. This makes the selection process that goes into choosing the right data center rather tedious. As a result, choosing a data center with many geographical location is often overlooked.

In choosing the right cloud provider, going with the right data center with multiple location is important. Here are a few reasons to consider:

• Redundancy- back up systems to help protect your data and keep your business operating at all times. Different location in different region can insure redundancy regardless of outage issues.
• Natural disaster - mother nature is unpredictable but not your up time.
• Disaster Recovery services - implement a disaster recovery plan in an event of a man-made or natural disaster
• Laws in the cloud based on state - providers need to recognize the paradigm is shifting with majority of states attempting to extract tax revenue from cloud-based services
• Compliance rules - compliance reflects the data center highest standards for business process control, data security, and privacy.
• Data Sovereignty - information which has been converted and stored in binary digital form is subject to the laws of the country in which it is located.