# AI API latency, week of 17 August 2026: what actually moved

Published 2026-08-24 · covers 17 August 2026

Week of 17 August 2026: 4 different providers were fastest across the 4 regions we measure from, and 5 provider-region pairs moved by more than a quarter against the week before. Who led each region last week? Region Fastest p50 TTFB Uptime Asia (Tokyo) fireworks 16 ms 100% Europe (Germany) nscale 98 ms 100% South America (São Paulo) openrouter 58 ms 100% US (Central) google 46 ms 100% What changed by more than 25%? Provider Region Week before This week Change replicate South America (São Paulo) 375 ms 186 ms -50% reka South America (São Paulo) 270 ms 369 ms +37% openai Europe (Germany) 209 ms 285 ms +36% ai21 Europe (Germany) 307 ms 397 ms +29% glm Europe (Germany) 798 ms 596 ms -25%

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