If hosting several WordPress websites on 1 server, will it make a difference between choosing a server location to a particular area or will choosing a more central location like Chicago/Dallas be good enough? We don't mind spending a few more $ to create additional servers.
Using Cloudways w/ Vultr setup. We have several websites that have their audience/users that are local and some other websites that are more national.
Since Vultr has several locations spread across the United States (Silicon Valley, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, and NY/NJ), I was wondering if it makes sense to create servers in each location. The plan is to put the website/application on the right server location whose site audience/users are closest to.
Will this be overkill? Will choosing a more central location work fine for all?
Places like NY/NJ and Chicago seem pretty close for the most part and just wasn't sure if it will make any difference in performance (speed/load times). Any insight will be greatly appreciated!
Having your server close to your customer base is ideal. If your customers are in different geographic regions then it's best to find a central location for most customers and use a content delivery network (CDN) to distribute website content. This will allow your website to operate faster and more efficiently across geographic regions. You can consider Cloudflare.com which is a common CDN provider.