Personalization: System.InvalidOperationException when scaling out in DXC

Description

Steps to reproduce

1. Personalize a block on the start page using a Visitor Group that has Geolocation criterion.
2. Stop the site, for example, change the web.config file.
3. Open a large number of tabs on the site (or generate requests from a performance testing application).

Expected
All requests should succeed.

Actual:
You get an exception "ValueFactory attempted to access the Value property of this instance"

NOTE: Might be tricky to reproduce this in Alloy sample site. It was reproducible in a customer environment.

System.InvalidOperationException: at System.Lazy`1.CreateValue (mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089) at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw (mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089) at System.Lazy`1.get_Value (mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089) at EPiServer.Personalization.Internal.FirstActiveClientGeolocationResolver.ResolveLocation (EPiServer.Framework.AspNet, Version=11.9.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7) at EPiServer.Personalization.VisitorGroups.Criteria.GeographicCriterionBase`1.IsMatch (EPiServer.Cms.AspNet, Version=11.9.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7) at EPiServer.Personalization.VisitorGroups.VisitorGroupRole.IsMatchWithAllCriteria (EPiServer.Framework.AspNet, Version=11.9.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7) at EPiServer.Personalization.VisitorGroups.VisitorGroupRole.IsMatchInternal (EPiServer.Framework.AspNet, Version=11.9.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7) at EPiServer.Personalization.VisitorGroups.VisitorGroupRole.IsMatchCached (EPiServer.Framework.AspNet, Version=11.9.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7) at EPiServer.Personalization.VisitorGroups.VisitorGroupRole.IsMatch (EPiServer.Framework.AspNet, Version=11.9.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7) at EPiServer.Security.Internal.VisitorGroupSecurityDescriptor.HasAccess (EPiServer.Cms.AspNet, Version=11.9.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7) at EPiServer.Core.Html.StringParsing.PersonalizedContentSecurityDescriptor.HasAccess (EPiServer, Version=11.9.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7) at EPiServer.Core.Html.StringParsing.StringFragmentCollection.AddFilteredFragment (EPiServer, Version=11.9.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7) at EPiServer.Core.Html.StringParsing.StringFragmentCollection.GetFilteredFragments (EPiServer, Version=11.9.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7) at EPiServer.Core.ContentArea.get_FilteredItems (EPiServer, Version=11.9.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7) at XX.Shared.Extensions.ContentAreaExtensions.Any (XX.Shared, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=nullXX.Shared, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null: d:_work\2\s\src\XX.Shared\Extensions\ContentAreaExtensions.csXX.Shared, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null: 24) at XX.Shared.Extensions.ContentAreaExtensions.FilteredItemsOfType (XX.Shared, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=nullXX.Shared, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null: d:_work\2\s\src\XX.Shared\Extensions\ContentAreaExtensions.csXX.Shared, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null: 36) at ASP.Page_Views_Pages_HomePage_cshtml.Execute (App_Web_nn0tnx4k, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=nullApp_Web_nn0tnx4k, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null: D:\home\site\wwwroot\Views\Pages\HomePage.cshtmlApp_Web_nn0tnx4k, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null: 8) at System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy (System.Web.WebPages, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35) at System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage.ExecutePageHierarchy (System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35) at System.Web.WebPages.StartPage.ExecutePageHierarchy (System.Web.WebPages, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35) at System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy (System.Web.WebPages, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35) at System.Web.Mvc.ViewResultBase.ExecuteResult (System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35) at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilterRecursive (System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35) at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilterRecursive (System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35) at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilterRecursive (System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35) at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilterRecursive (System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35) at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilterRecursive (System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35) at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilterRecursive (System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35) at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilterRecursive (System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35) at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilterRecursive (System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35) at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultWithFilters (System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35) at System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker+<>cDisplayClass21.<BeginInvokeAction>b_1e (System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35)