Sometimes Microsoft’s data centers for Azure and Office365 are referred to by city name and other times by region or country. It can be very confusing to figure out which Data Center is where.
For instance, as per one of my customers legal requirements I need to set a storage pool to keep data Ireland but I could not figure out which site was Ireland. I certainly would have never guessed that Ireland is listed as NORTHERN EUROPE, but it is.
| Zone | Region | Location | Status |
Americas | East US | Virginia | Operational |
| East US 2 | Virginia | Operational | |
| Central US | Iowa | Operational | |
| North Central US | Illinois | Operational | |
| South Central US | Texas (San Antonio) | Operational | |
| West Central US | Wyoming | Operational | |
| West US | California (Fresno) | Operational | |
| West US 2 | Washington State | Operational | |
| Canada East | Quebec City | Operational | |
| Canada Central | Toronto | Operational | |
| Brazil South | Sao Paulo State | Operational | |
Europe | North Europe | Ireland | Operational |
| West Europe | Netherlands | Operational | |
| France Central | Paris | Operational | |
| France South | Marseille | Operational | |
| UK West | Cardiff | Operational | |
| UK South | London | Operational | |
| Germany Central | Frankfurt | Operational | |
| Germany Northeast | Magdeburg | Operational | |
| Germany North | Germany North | 2019/20 | |
| Germany West Central | Germany West Central | 2019/20 | |
| Switzerland North | Zurich | 2019/20 | |
| Switzerland West | Geneva | 2019/20 | |
| Norway East | Norway | 2019/20 | |
| Norway West | Norway | 2019/20 | |
Asia Pacific | Southeast Asia | Singapore | Operational |
| East Asia | Hong Kong | Operational | |
| Australia East | New South Wales | Operational | |
| Australia Southeast | Victoria | Operational | |
| Australia Central | Canberra | Operational | |
| Australia Central 2 | Canberra | Operational | |
| China East | Shanghai | Operational | |
| China North | Beijing | Operational | |
| China East 2 | Shanghai | Operational | |
| China North 2 | Beijing | Operational | |
| Central India | Pune | Operational | |
| West India | Mumbai | Operational | |
| South India | Chennai | Operational | |
| Japan East | Tokyo, Saitama | Operational | |
| Japan West | Osaka | Operational | |
| Korea Central | Seoul | Operational | |
| Korea South | Busan | Operational | |
Middle East and Africa | South Africa West | Cape Town | 2019/20 |
| South Africa North | Johannesburg | 2019/20 | |
| UAE Central | Abu Dhabi | 2019/20 | |
| UAE North | Dubai | 2019/20 | |
Azure Government | US Gov Virginia | Virginia | Operational |
| US Gov Iowa | Iowa | Operational | |
| US Gov Arizona | Arizona | Operational | |
| US Gov Texas | Texas | Operational | |
| US DoD East | Virginia | Operational | |
| US DoD Central | Iowa | Operational | |
| US Sec East | Undisclosed | 2019/20 | |
| US Sec West | Undisclosed | 2019/20 |
2 Comments
Sarfati · May 23, 2020 at 6:25 am
i have a question about Azure Region and localisation computer. Does someone can connect himself from Spain and select a British Mail Account to seect South African Region ?
Following this situation, if i use my African old job mail to my actual localization (Spain), is it possible to found some issue in case for the Payment or Cost (Azure monitor price hight) ?
Ian Matthews · May 23, 2020 at 9:37 am
Hi Sarfati;
You can select whatever regions you want for your data center (exceping military and gov sites) regardless of what region you are actually in. I work from Canada, my largest customer is based in the US, but have to use an MS data center in Ireland because the company is listed on the Norwegian stock exchange and needs to officially keep their data in Europe!