# How We Moved Discord Voice to the Edge

DevFeed: [How We Moved Discord Voice to the Edge](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-we-moved-discord-voice-to-the-edge-256.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://discord.com/blog/how-we-moved-discord-voice-to-the-edge>)

Author: David Chen

Published: 2026-06-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Discord Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/discord-blog.md>)

Topics: [Discord](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/discord.md>), [Cloudflare](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloudflare.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [Low Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/low-latency.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/real-time.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datacenter.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>)

Tags: [bugs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bugs.md>), [cloudflare](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloudflare.md>), [data-centers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-centers.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [discord](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/discord.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [low-latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/low-latency.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>)

## AI overview

Discord moved most of its voice and video traffic to Cloudflare's edge network, expanding coverage from roughly 30 cloud-provider cities to more than 300 points of presence. The article describes the engineering rationale, deployment challenges, and quality improvements, including lower ping and packet loss in Frankfurt.

## Source excerpt

Moving Discord's voice and video onto Cloudflare's edge network. Closer servers, lower ping in most regions, and a few real bugs getting there.