Everything you do online is based on multiple servers, sometimes spread across multiple locations, all keeping accurate and precise time with each other. If these servers are out of sync, it can cause delays and errors, or even network failures. Improving synchronization can not only significantly improve performance, but also open up opportunities to create new products and services.

Today we are announcing that we are implementing Precision Time Protocol (PTP) in our data center networks. PTP was introduced in 2002 and is a protocol for synchronizing clocks on a computer. It offers a new level of accuracy and precision of time that will benefit all of our technologies, whether people are creating and viewing Reels on Facebook and Instagram, sending and receiving messages…