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Cloudflare Workers Unveils Distributed SQLite Edge Engine with Sub-Millisecond Global Sync

Cloudflare revolutionizes serverless databases with its distributed SQLite engine, synchronizing transactional state across 330 points of presence in real time.

Claire Donovan
Claire Donovan
Senior Mobile & SaaS Applications Editor
Cloudflare Workers Unveils Distributed SQLite Edge Engine with Sub-Millisecond Global Sync
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Cloudflare revolutionizes serverless databases with its distributed SQLite engine, synchronizing transactional state across 330 points of presence in real time.

Edge Computing: Cloudflare has announced the public preview of its Distributed SQLite Engine for Cloudflare Workers, allowing full ACID relational transactions directly at edge network locations without backhauling to centralized cloud databases.

Distributed Read-Replica Topology

Using conflict-free replicated data types (CRDTs) and optimistic transactional pipelines, read requests achieve single-digit millisecond latency across 330 global cities.

Automatic Cold-Storage Tiering

Unused database partitions automatically compress and archive to R2 object storage, maintaining cost predictability for developer projects with variable traffic patterns.

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