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Global Edge Compute Benchmarks: Comparing Cold Starts, SQLite IO, and TLS Handshake Times

We deployed synchronized load generators across 18 worldwide regions to stress-test modern serverless runtimes. Here is what the empirical latency distributions show.

Sarah Chen

Sep 15, 2026

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