InfoQ - Cloud Architecture

"Pick and Mix" Custom Regions: Cloudflare Introduces Fine-Grained Data Residency Control

Renato Losio — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 06:01:00 GMT

Cloudflare recently introduced Custom Regions, an expansion of its Regional Services that lets customers precisely define where their data is processed. By selecting specific groups of data centers by country or region, customers can ensure that TLS termination and application-layer processing remain within chosen geographic boundaries for compliance and control.

By Renato Losio

Article: Configuration as a Control Plane: Designing for Safety and Reliability at Scale

Karthiek Maralla — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT

Configuration has evolved from static deployment files into a live control plane that directly shapes system behavior. The evolution of configuration management highlights why misconfigurations can trigger large outages and how hyperscalers deploy changes safely using staged rollouts, validation, blast radius limits, and automated rollback at scale.

By Karthiek Maralla