Data Center and Region

When we think of cloud, we imagine a place with large number of machines in big rooms. There must be a place where all the data is stored. Microsoft has datacenters all over the world from where Windows Azure services are managed. Datacenters are divided in regions. The exact location of these datacenters is not revealed by Microsoft for obvious security reasons.

Data Center

• Central US
• East US
• East US 2
• US Gov Iowa
• US Gov Virginia
• North Central US
• South Central US
• West US
• North Europe
• West Europe
• East Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Japan East
• Japan West
• Brazil South
• Australia East
• Australia Southeast
• Central India
• South India

A region is a set of datacenters deployed within a latency-defined perimeter and connected through a dedicated regional low-latency network. Azure gives you the flexibility to deploy applications where you need to, including across multiple regions to deliver cross-region resiliency