diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 6f28d44f..151f6924 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -570,3 +570,18 @@ func Documentation(getPtrNames bool) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 		"remotes":  remoteDocs,
 	}, nil
 }
+
+// AddGRPCInfoToMetadata adds host, external host and
+// port into metadata
+func AddGRPCInfoToMetadata(
+	metadata map[string]string,
+	region, host, externalHost, port string,
+) map[string]string {
+	// TODO: should I get all this information here? Or just
+	// receive them as argument
+	metadata[constants.GRPCHostKey] = host
+	metadata[constants.GRPCExternalHostKey] = externalHost
+	metadata[constants.GRPCPortKey] = port
+	metadata[constants.RegionKey] = region
+	return metadata
+}
diff --git a/app_test.go b/app_test.go
index b97c66a9..74c5bd19 100644
--- a/app_test.go
+++ b/app_test.go
@@ -620,3 +620,25 @@ func TestDocumentationTrue(t *testing.T) {
 		"handlers": map[string]interface{}{},
 	}, doc)
 }
+
+func TestAddGRPCInfoToMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	metadata := map[string]string{
+		"key1": "value1",
+		"key2": "value2",
+		"key3": "value3",
+	}
+
+	metadata = AddGRPCInfoToMetadata(metadata, "region", "host", "external-host", "port")
+
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+		"key1":                        "value1",
+		"key2":                        "value2",
+		"key3":                        "value3",
+		constants.GRPCHostKey:         "host",
+		constants.GRPCExternalHostKey: "external-host",
+		constants.GRPCPortKey:         "port",
+		constants.RegionKey:           "region",
+	}, metadata)
+}
diff --git a/cluster/cluster.go b/cluster/cluster.go
index 117fa97f..4dbd5a4f 100644
--- a/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ type RemoteBindingListener interface {
 	OnUserBind(uid, fid string)
 }
 
+// InfoRetriever gets cluster info
+// It can be implemented, for exemple, by reading
+// env var, config or by accessing the cluster API
+type InfoRetriever interface {
+	Region() string
+}
+
 // Action type for enum
 type Action int
 
diff --git a/cluster/config_info_retriever.go b/cluster/config_info_retriever.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2ba1320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/config_info_retriever.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package cluster
+
+import "github.com/topfreegames/pitaya/config"
+
+// ConfigInfoRetriever gets cluster info from config
+// Implements InfoRetriever interface
+type ConfigInfoRetriever struct {
+	region string
+}
+
+// NewConfigInfoRetriever returns a *ConfigInfoRetriever
+func NewConfigInfoRetriever(c *config.Config) *ConfigInfoRetriever {
+	return &ConfigInfoRetriever{
+		region: c.GetString("pitaya.cluster.info.region"),
+	}
+}
+
+// Region gets server's region from config
+func (c *ConfigInfoRetriever) Region() string {
+	return c.region
+}
diff --git a/cluster/config_info_retriever_test.go b/cluster/config_info_retriever_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4782e046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/config_info_retriever_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package cluster
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/topfreegames/pitaya/config"
+)
+
+func TestConfigInfoRetrieverRegion(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	c := viper.New()
+	c.Set("pitaya.cluster.info.region", "us")
+	config := config.NewConfig(c)
+
+	infoRetriever := NewConfigInfoRetriever(config)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "us", infoRetriever.Region())
+}
diff --git a/cluster/grpc_rpc_client.go b/cluster/grpc_rpc_client.go
index 0813856c..1846c47c 100644
--- a/cluster/grpc_rpc_client.go
+++ b/cluster/grpc_rpc_client.go
@@ -48,21 +48,25 @@ type GRPCClient struct {
 	metricsReporters []metrics.Reporter
 	clientMap        sync.Map
 	bindingStorage   interfaces.BindingStorage
+	infoRetriever    InfoRetriever
 	reqTimeout       time.Duration
 	dialTimeout      time.Duration
 }
 
 // NewGRPCClient returns a new instance of GRPCClient
-func NewGRPCClient(config *config.Config, server *Server, metricsReporters []metrics.Reporter, bindingStorage ...interfaces.BindingStorage) (*GRPCClient, error) {
-	var bs interfaces.BindingStorage
-	if len(bindingStorage) > 0 {
-		bs = bindingStorage[0]
-	}
+func NewGRPCClient(
+	config *config.Config,
+	server *Server,
+	metricsReporters []metrics.Reporter,
+	bindingStorage interfaces.BindingStorage,
+	infoRetriever InfoRetriever,
+) (*GRPCClient, error) {
 	gs := &GRPCClient{
 		config:           config,
 		server:           server,
 		metricsReporters: metricsReporters,
-		bindingStorage:   bs,
+		bindingStorage:   bindingStorage,
+		infoRetriever:    infoRetriever,
 	}
 
 	gs.configure()
@@ -201,14 +205,18 @@ func (gs *GRPCClient) SendPush(userID string, frontendSv *Server, push *protos.P
 func (gs *GRPCClient) AddServer(sv *Server) {
 	var host, port string
 	var ok bool
-	if host, ok = sv.Metadata["grpc-host"]; !ok {
-		logger.Log.Errorf("server %s doesn't have a grpc-host specified in metadata", sv.ID)
+
+	host = gs.getServerHost(sv)
+	if host == "" {
+		logger.Log.Errorf("server %s has no grpc-host specified in metadata", sv.ID)
 		return
 	}
-	if port, ok = sv.Metadata["grpc-port"]; !ok {
-		logger.Log.Errorf("server %s doesn't have a grpc-port specified in metadata", sv.ID)
+
+	if port, ok = sv.Metadata[constants.GRPCPortKey]; !ok {
+		logger.Log.Errorf("server %s has no grpc-port specified in metadata", sv.ID)
 		return
 	}
+
 	address := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", host, port)
 	ctxT, done := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), gs.dialTimeout)
 	defer done()
@@ -241,3 +249,33 @@ func (gs *GRPCClient) BeforeShutdown() {}
 func (gs *GRPCClient) Shutdown() error {
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (gs *GRPCClient) getServerHost(sv *Server) string {
+	var (
+		serverRegion, hasRegion   = sv.Metadata[constants.RegionKey]
+		externalHost, hasExternal = sv.Metadata[constants.GRPCExternalHostKey]
+		internalHost, _           = sv.Metadata[constants.GRPCHostKey]
+	)
+
+	hasRegion = hasRegion && serverRegion != ""
+	hasExternal = hasExternal && externalHost != ""
+
+	if !hasRegion {
+		if hasExternal {
+			msg := "server %s has no region specified in metadata, using external host"
+			logger.Log.Warnf(msg, sv.ID)
+			return externalHost
+		}
+
+		logger.Log.Warnf("server %s has no region nor external host specified in metadata, using internal host", sv.ID)
+		return internalHost
+	}
+
+	if gs.infoRetriever.Region() == serverRegion {
+		logger.Log.Warnf("server %s is in same region, using internal host", sv.ID)
+		return internalHost
+	}
+
+	logger.Log.Warnf("server %s is in other region, using external host", sv.ID)
+	return externalHost
+}
diff --git a/cluster/grpc_rpc_client_test.go b/cluster/grpc_rpc_client_test.go
index c91f6909..6024d8d8 100644
--- a/cluster/grpc_rpc_client_test.go
+++ b/cluster/grpc_rpc_client_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 func getRPCClient(c *config.Config) (*GRPCClient, error) {
 	sv := getServer()
-	return NewGRPCClient(c, sv, []metrics.Reporter{})
+	return NewGRPCClient(c, sv, []metrics.Reporter{}, nil, nil)
 }
 
 func TestNewGRPCClient(t *testing.T) {
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ func TestAddServer(t *testing.T) {
 		ID:   "someid",
 		Type: "sometype",
 		Metadata: map[string]string{
-			"grpc-host": "localhost",
-			"grpc-port": fmt.Sprintf("%d", port),
+			constants.GRPCHostKey: "localhost",
+			constants.GRPCPortKey: fmt.Sprintf("%d", port),
 		},
 		Frontend: false,
 	}
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ func TestRemoveServer(t *testing.T) {
 
 	server := getServer()
 	conf := getConfig()
-	gc, err := NewGRPCClient(conf, server, []metrics.Reporter{})
+	gc, err := NewGRPCClient(conf, server, []metrics.Reporter{}, nil, nil)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	gc.clientMap.Store(server.ID, mockPitayaClient)
 
diff --git a/cluster/grpc_rpc_server.go b/cluster/grpc_rpc_server.go
index a2e4ce0c..1e22a4b7 100644
--- a/cluster/grpc_rpc_server.go
+++ b/cluster/grpc_rpc_server.go
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ func (gs *GRPCServer) BeforeShutdown() {}
 
 // Shutdown stops grpc rpc server
 func (gs *GRPCServer) Shutdown() error {
-	gs.grpcSv.Stop()
+	// graceful: stops the server from accepting new connections and RPCs and
+	// blocks until all the pending RPCs are finished.
+	// source: https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc#Server.GracefulStop
+	gs.grpcSv.GracefulStop()
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index bd978140..a92ef0db 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func (c *Config) fillDefaultValues() {
 		"pitaya.cluster.sd.etcd.revoke.timeout":                 "5s",
 		"pitaya.cluster.sd.etcd.heartbeat.log":                  false,
 		"pitaya.cluster.sd.etcd.syncservers.interval":           "120s",
+		"pitaya.cluster.info.region":                            "",
 		"pitaya.modules.bindingstorage.etcd.endpoints":          "localhost:2379",
 		"pitaya.modules.bindingstorage.etcd.prefix":             "pitaya/",
 		"pitaya.modules.bindingstorage.etcd.dialtimeout":        "5s",
diff --git a/constants/const.go b/constants/const.go
index 895141fb..52c8dd57 100644
--- a/constants/const.go
+++ b/constants/const.go
@@ -74,3 +74,15 @@ var RouteKey = "req-route"
 // MetricTagsKey is the key holding request tags to be sent over the context
 // to be reported
 var MetricTagsKey = "metric-tags"
+
+// GRPCHostKey is the key for grpc host on server metadata
+var GRPCHostKey = "grpc-host"
+
+// GRPCExternalHostKey is the key for grpc external host on server metadata
+var GRPCExternalHostKey = "grpc-external-host"
+
+// GRPCPortKey is the key for grpc port on server metadata
+var GRPCPortKey = "grpc-port"
+
+// RegionKey is the key to save the region server is on
+var RegionKey = "region"
diff --git a/examples/demo/cluster_grpc/main.go b/examples/demo/cluster_grpc/main.go
index b354648a..57ed692c 100644
--- a/examples/demo/cluster_grpc/main.go
+++ b/examples/demo/cluster_grpc/main.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/topfreegames/pitaya/acceptor"
 	"github.com/topfreegames/pitaya/cluster"
 	"github.com/topfreegames/pitaya/component"
+	"github.com/topfreegames/pitaya/constants"
 	"github.com/topfreegames/pitaya/examples/demo/cluster_grpc/services"
 	"github.com/topfreegames/pitaya/modules"
 	"github.com/topfreegames/pitaya/route"
@@ -98,8 +99,8 @@ func main() {
 	confs.Set("pitaya.cluster.rpc.server.grpc.port", *rpcServerPort)
 
 	meta := map[string]string{
-		"grpc-host": "127.0.0.1",
-		"grpc-port": *rpcServerPort,
+		constants.GRPCHostKey: "127.0.0.1",
+		constants.GRPCPortKey: *rpcServerPort,
 	}
 
 	pitaya.Configure(*isFrontend, *svType, pitaya.Cluster, meta, confs)
@@ -111,7 +112,13 @@ func main() {
 	bs := modules.NewETCDBindingStorage(pitaya.GetServer(), pitaya.GetConfig())
 	pitaya.RegisterModule(bs, "bindingsStorage")
 
-	gc, err := cluster.NewGRPCClient(pitaya.GetConfig(), pitaya.GetServer(), pitaya.GetMetricsReporters(), bs)
+	gc, err := cluster.NewGRPCClient(
+		pitaya.GetConfig(),
+		pitaya.GetServer(),
+		pitaya.GetMetricsReporters(),
+		bs,
+		cluster.NewConfigInfoRetriever(pitaya.GetConfig()),
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/examples/testing/main.go b/examples/testing/main.go
index 46d31298..1ca9f233 100644
--- a/examples/testing/main.go
+++ b/examples/testing/main.go
@@ -288,7 +288,10 @@ func main() {
 	cfg.Set("pitaya.cluster.sd.etcd.prefix", *sdPrefix)
 	cfg.Set("pitaya.cluster.rpc.server.grpc.port", *grpcPort)
 
-	pitaya.Configure(*isFrontend, *svType, pitaya.Cluster, map[string]string{"grpc-host": "127.0.0.1", "grpc-port": fmt.Sprintf("%d", *grpcPort)}, cfg)
+	pitaya.Configure(*isFrontend, *svType, pitaya.Cluster, map[string]string{
+		constants.GRPCHostKey: "127.0.0.1",
+		constants.GRPCPortKey: fmt.Sprintf("%d", *grpcPort),
+	}, cfg)
 	if *grpc {
 		gs, err := cluster.NewGRPCServer(pitaya.GetConfig(), pitaya.GetServer(), pitaya.GetMetricsReporters())
 		if err != nil {
@@ -298,7 +301,13 @@ func main() {
 		bs := modules.NewETCDBindingStorage(pitaya.GetServer(), pitaya.GetConfig())
 		pitaya.RegisterModule(bs, "bindingsStorage")
 
-		gc, err := cluster.NewGRPCClient(pitaya.GetConfig(), pitaya.GetServer(), pitaya.GetMetricsReporters(), bs)
+		gc, err := cluster.NewGRPCClient(
+			pitaya.GetConfig(),
+			pitaya.GetServer(),
+			pitaya.GetMetricsReporters(),
+			bs,
+			cluster.NewConfigInfoRetriever(pitaya.GetConfig()),
+		)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}