Seconded ! DE server brings much improvement to European miners:

PING kano.is (104.194.28.196) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from u3a196.iporg.org (104.194.28.196): icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=215 ms

PING sg.kano.is (139.162.5.112) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from sg.kano.is (139.162.5.112): icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=389 ms

PING de.kano.is (139.162.143.142) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from li1410-142.members.linode.com (139.162.143.142): icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=50.0 ms

Thank you Kano & CK !