# SUS02-BP04 Optimize geographic placement of workloads based on their networking requirements
Select cloud location and services for your workload that reduce the distance network traffic must travel and decrease the total network resources required to support your workload.
** Common anti-patterns: **
+ You select the workload's Region based on your own location.
+ You consolidate all workload resources into one geographic location.
+ All traffic flows through your existing data centers.
**Benefits of establishing this best practice:** Placing a workload close to its users provides the lowest latency while decreasing data movement across the network and reducing environmental impact.
**Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established:** Medium
## Implementation guidance
The AWS Cloud infrastructure is built around location options such as Regions, Availability Zones, placement groups, and edge locations such as [AWS Outposts](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/outposts/latest/userguide/what-is-outposts.html) and [AWS Local Zones](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/localzones/). These location options are responsible for maintaining connectivity between application components, cloud services, edge networks and on-premises data centers.
Analyze the network access patterns in your workload to identify how to use these cloud location options and reduce the distance network traffic must travel.
## Implementation steps
+ Analyze network access patterns in your workload to identify how users use your application.
+ Use monitoring tools, such as [Amazon CloudWatch](https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/) and [AWS CloudTrail](https://aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/), to gather data on network activities.
+ Analyze the data to identify the network access pattern.
+ Select the Regions for your workload deployment based on the following key elements:
+ **Your Sustainability goal:** as explained in [Region selection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/sustainability-pillar/region-selection.html).
+ **Where your data is located:** For data-heavy applications (such as big data and machine learning), application code should run as close to the data as possible.
+ **Where your users are located:** For user-facing applications, choose a Region (or Regions) close to your workload’s users.
+ **Other constraints:** Consider constraints such as cost and compliance as explained in [What to Consider when Selecting a Region for your Workloads](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/what-to-consider-when-selecting-a-region-for-your-workloads/).
+ Use local caching or [AWS Caching Solutions](https://aws.amazon.com/caching/aws-caching/) for frequently used assets to improve performance, reduce data movement, and lower environmental impact.
[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/sustainability-pillar/sus_sus_user_a5.html)
+ Use services that can help you run code closer to users of your workload:
[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/sustainability-pillar/sus_sus_user_a5.html)
+ Use connection pooling to allow for connection reuse and reduce required resources.
+ Use distributed data stores that don’t rely on persistent connections and synchronous updates for consistency to serve regional populations.
+ Replace pre-provisioned static network capacity with shared dynamic capacity, and share the sustainability impact of network capacity with other subscribers.
## Resources
**Related documents:**
+ [Optimizing your AWS Infrastructure for Sustainability, Part III: Networking](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/optimizing-your-aws-infrastructure-for-sustainability-part-iii-networking/)
+ [Amazon ElastiCache Documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticache/index.html)
+ [What is Amazon CloudFront?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/Introduction.html)
+ [Amazon CloudFront Key Features](https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/features/)
+ [AWS Global Infrastructure ](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/)
+ [AWS Local Zones and AWS Outposts, choosing the right technology for your edge workload ](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/aws-local-zones-and-aws-outposts-choosing-the-right-technology-for-your-edge-workload/)
+ [ Placement groups ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/placement-groups.html)
+ [AWS Local Zones ](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/localzones/)
+ [AWS Outposts](https://aws.amazon.com/outposts/)
**Related videos:**
+ [Demystifying data transfer on AWS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MqXgzw1IGA)
+ [ Scaling network performance on next-gen Amazon EC2 instances ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNYpWa7gf1A)
+ [AWS Local Zones Explainer Video ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHt-D4_zh7w)
+ [AWS Outposts: Overview and How it Works ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppG2FFB0mMQ)
+ [AWS re:Invent 2023 - A migration strategy for edge and on-premises workloads ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wUXzYNLvTw)
+ [AWS re:Invent 2021 - AWS Outposts: Bringing the AWS experience on premises ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxVF6A22498)
+ [AWS re:Invent 2020 - AWS Wavelength: Run apps with ultra-low latency at 5G edge ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ-GbAFDvpM)
+ [AWS re:Invent 2022 - AWS Local Zones: Building applications for a distributed edge ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDnh_d-slhw)
+ [AWS re:Invent 2021 - Building low-latency websites with Amazon CloudFront ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9npcOZ1PP_c)
+ [AWS re:Invent 2022 - Improve performance and availability with AWS Global Accelerator](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5sjsdDC0Lg)
+ [AWS re:Invent 2022 - Build your global wide area network using AWS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flBieylTwvI)
+ [AWS re:Invent 2020: Global traffic management with Amazon Route 53 ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E33dA6n9O7I)
**Related examples:**
+ [AWS Networking Workshops](https://catalog.workshops.aws/networking/en-US)
+ [ Architecting for sustainability - Minimize data movement across networks ](https://catalog.us-east-1.prod.workshops.aws/workshops/7c4f8394-8081-4737-aa1b-6ae811d46e0a/en-US)