Engineering October 18, 2025
Latency Wars: How We Keep Live Sports Within 5 Seconds
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Rina Patel
8 min read
Peek into our edge caching playbook, backup ingest nodes, and predictive scaling that protect the biggest matches.
In live sports, every second counts. A 30-second delay can mean seeing a goal on Twitter before you see it on your screen. Here is how we fight latency.
Edge Caching
We push content as close to the user as possible using a global network of edge servers. This reduces the distance data has to travel.
Optimized Ingest
Our ingest nodes are optimized for speed, processing live feeds in real-time to minimize processing delay.
Predictive Scaling
We use AI to predict traffic spikes during major events and scale our infrastructure beforehand, preventing bottlenecks.