- Backblaze published Q1 2026 cloud storage performance stats, flagging wide regional dispersion that undermines single-vendor cloud storage strategies.
- Testing across US-East, EU-Central showed no provider led consistently across geographies or workloads, challenging default reliance on AWS.
- US-East results improved quarter over quarter on average upload and download times across most providers.
- EU-Central rankings diverged from US-East, with Cloudflare R2 strong on average upload and download times.
- Sustained throughput results differed from averages, with multi-threaded tests showing the widest gaps between top and bottom performers.
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