Thanks for highlighting this requirement @bjoernek.
@ZackDS raised an astute point regarding a similar proposal →
It seems like there’s an assumption that an NP’s nodes will all be correlated in terms of their performance (drawing insights from one about the others). Wouldn’t there be much greater correlation between nodes within the same DC and/or node operator? Presumably all DCs and node operators must also have at least one node assigned for the same reason?