Hosting Providers:
Our validator nodes are hosted by six different datacenter providers and globally distributed to avoid downtime.
Our Use of Cloud Services:
Block Pane utilizes a variety of cloud service providers for auxiliary services, such as storing snapshots, microservices, reporting, etc. However, all validator and producer nodes are run on bare metal, and only one validator node is provisioned in any single geographical region.
One potential “centralization” risk is that most public API services are routed via CloudFlare or CloudFront CDNs to protect against denial of service, and provide routing optimization.
