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What is a Google Cloud region?

Last updated on September 25, 2022 @ 8:12 pm

A Google Cloud region is a geographic area in which Google provides infrastructure and services for deploying applications. Cloud regions are divided into four types: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and South America.

Each region has different infrastructure and pricing, so it’s important to choose the right one for your applications.

Google Cloud regions are convenient for organizations that need to deploy applications in a specific region, but don’t need the full range of Google Cloud services. For example, a company that wants to deploy a simple web application can use a North American region.

However, if the company wants to use Google Cloud Storage, Google Cloud Platform APIs, or Google Cloud Datastore, they’ll need to use a more expensive region.

PRO TIP: A Google Cloud region is a specific geographical location where Google Cloud resources and services are available. Each region has multiple zones, which are isolated from each other and provides more redundancy.

Google Cloud regions are also useful for legacy applications. For example, a company that wants to keep their legacy applications running on Google Cloud can use a region that’s closest to their users.

The company can continue to use the same infrastructure and pricing, and the users will still be able to interact with the legacy applications.

Cloud regions are important for Google, too. The company can use region pricing to differentially compete with other cloud providers.

For example, Google charges more for storage in the Europe region than in other regions. This way, Google can attract more customers to its cloud services by offering them a higher value.

Drew Clemente

Drew Clemente

Devops & Sysadmin engineer. I basically build infrastructure online.