Cloud content delivery network (CDN) stores content locally at certain edges and works with the HTTP(s) load balancing service to deliver this content to users. Google makes this happen with its global points of presence that are geographically located allowing content to be cashed closer to users. When a user requests content from a site hosted on GCP, the request arrives at an edge location of Google's network that is typically closer to the user. Cloud CDN caches at these locations, which improves the response times for the user should they request the same content again (before the CDN timeout expires). This is the CDN logo:
It is important to remember that not all data will be stored on the CDN. Whenever a user requests some content for the first time, the cache cannot fulfill the request. The cache might attempt to look for this content in a nearby...