In the past few years, many VPS hosting vendors sold VPS from Kansas. The main reason may be that the price of machines there was advantageous at that time.
[Server] joe’s DC: $49/month-Xeon L5630/24GB/500GB/20TB/5IPs Kansas
[Server] joe’s DC: $20/month-Xeon L5420/8GB/250GB/20TB/1IP Kansas
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