diff --git a/weed/wdclient/filer_client.go b/weed/wdclient/filer_client.go
index 0bcfd4d4b..f0dd5f2e6 100644
--- a/weed/wdclient/filer_client.go
+++ b/weed/wdclient/filer_client.go
@@ -181,14 +181,26 @@ func (fc *FilerClient) GetLookupFileIdFunction() LookupFileIdFunctionType {
 		// Volume found successfully - ignore any errors about other volumes
 		// (not relevant for single-volume lookup, but defensive for future batching)
 
-		// Build URLs with publicUrl preference
+		// Build URLs with publicUrl preference, and also prefer same DC
+		var sameDcUrls, otherDcUrls []string
+		dataCenter := fc.GetDataCenter()
 		for _, loc := range locations {
 			url := loc.PublicUrl
 			if url == "" {
 				url = loc.Url
 			}
-			fullUrls = append(fullUrls, "http://"+url+"/"+fileId)
+			httpUrl := "http://" + url + "/" + fileId
+			if dataCenter != "" && dataCenter == loc.DataCenter {
+				sameDcUrls = append(sameDcUrls, httpUrl)
+			} else {
+				otherDcUrls = append(otherDcUrls, httpUrl)
+			}
 		}
+		// Shuffle to distribute load across volume servers
+		rand.Shuffle(len(sameDcUrls), func(i, j int) { sameDcUrls[i], sameDcUrls[j] = sameDcUrls[j], sameDcUrls[i] })
+		rand.Shuffle(len(otherDcUrls), func(i, j int) { otherDcUrls[i], otherDcUrls[j] = otherDcUrls[j], otherDcUrls[i] })
+		// Prefer same data center
+		fullUrls = append(sameDcUrls, otherDcUrls...)
 		return fullUrls, nil
 	}
 }
diff --git a/weed/wdclient/vidmap_client.go b/weed/wdclient/vidmap_client.go
index caa8be99b..402eaf8c4 100644
--- a/weed/wdclient/vidmap_client.go
+++ b/weed/wdclient/vidmap_client.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -103,6 +104,10 @@ func (vc *vidMapClient) LookupFileIdWithFallback(ctx context.Context, fileId str
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Shuffle to distribute load across volume servers
+	rand.Shuffle(len(sameDcUrls), func(i, j int) { sameDcUrls[i], sameDcUrls[j] = sameDcUrls[j], sameDcUrls[i] })
+	rand.Shuffle(len(otherDcUrls), func(i, j int) { otherDcUrls[i], otherDcUrls[j] = otherDcUrls[j], otherDcUrls[i] })
+
 	// Prefer same data center
 	fullUrls = append(sameDcUrls, otherDcUrls...)
 	return fullUrls, nil