Reduce the distance traveled by data

There are multiple techniques that can be applied to reduce the distance traveled by data between IoT devices and the cloud. These include moving processing to the edge, filtering data at the edge and using intermediate elements such as gateways to reduce the number of connections to the cloud as well as perform local caching functions. You should also make sure that your IoT solution uses regions that reduce the distance that network traffic must travel. If appropriate for your use case, select a region with close physical proximity to the deployed devices to minimize the distance data needs to travel across the network. The right choice of cloud services and architecture can reduce the network resources required to support your workload.