(Mike Miller, Cloudant). Exactly, we run cloudant clusters in nearly 20 data centers globally on many different providers (ec2, softlayer, rackspace, joyent, azure, hostway, ...) so we make sure that the data and application tiers are co-located.
Dealing with direct connections from mobile is more fun.
Seriously do. I spent a few minutes looking for the list of data centres. And when I couldn't find it I left with the assumption that it was going to be a slow, pricey mess.
Nothing is more important than transparency when you are providing core infrastructure.
Dealing with direct connections from mobile is more fun.