Which azure affinity group should I choose for UK? [closed]

Question

Simple question - should the UK considered part of North Europe or West Europe when choosing a Microsoft Azure Affinity Group?

Answer 1

Azure doesn't have any data centres in the UK.

West Europe would be Amsterdam.

North Europe would be Ireland.

Answer 2

You could also host your static content on the Windows Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN). These items will then get served from London for those in the UK that are geographically closer to London than Dublin.

Here is a list of CDN locations:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windowsazure/gg680302.aspx