BigQuery locations

This page explains the concept of location and the different regions where data can be stored and processed. Pricing for storage and analysis is also defined by location of data and reservations. For more information about pricing for locations, see BigQuery pricing. To learn how to set the location for your dataset, see Create datasets. For information about reservation locations, see Managing reservations in different regions.

For more information about how the BigQuery Data Transfer Service uses location, see Data location and transfers.

Locations and regions

BigQuery provides two types of data and compute locations:

A region is a specific geographic place, such as London.
A multi-region is a large geographic area, such as the United States or Europe, that contains many unique and discrete regions. Multi-region locations can provide larger quotas than single regions, but multi-regions don't provide regional redundancy. Data is stored in a single region and compute is only provided within that region. For cross-region redundancy BigQuery offers managed disaster recovery.

For either location type, BigQuery automatically stores copies of your data in two different zones within a single region in the selected location. Multi-regions are considered separate from other regions, even when located within the same zone. For more information about data availability and durability, see Disaster planning.

Supported locations

BigQuery datasets can be stored in the following regions and multi-regions. For more information about regions and zones, see Geography and regions.

Regions

The following table lists the regions in the Americas where BigQuery is available.

Region description	Region name	Details
Columbus, Ohio	`us-east5`
Dallas	`us-south1`	Low CO₂
Iowa	`us-central1`	Low CO₂
Los Angeles	`us-west2`
Las Vegas	`us-west4`
Mexico	`northamerica-south1`
Montréal	`northamerica-northeast1`	Low CO₂
Northern Virginia	`us-east4`
Oklahoma	`us-central2`	Low CO₂
Oregon	`us-west1`	Low CO₂
Salt Lake City	`us-west3`
São Paulo	`southamerica-east1`	Low CO₂
Santiago	`southamerica-west1`	Low CO₂
South Carolina	`us-east1`
Toronto	`northamerica-northeast2`	Low CO₂

The following table lists the regions in Asia Pacific where BigQuery is available.

Region description	Region name	Details
Bangkok	`asia-southeast3`
Delhi	`asia-south2`
Hong Kong	`asia-east2`
Jakarta	`asia-southeast2`
Melbourne	`australia-southeast2`
Mumbai	`asia-south1`
Osaka	`asia-northeast2`
Seoul	`asia-northeast3`
Singapore	`asia-southeast1`
Sydney	`australia-southeast1`
Taiwan	`asia-east1`
Tokyo	`asia-northeast1`

The following table lists the regions in Europe where BigQuery is available.

Region description	Region name	Details
Belgium	`europe-west1`	Low CO₂
Berlin	`europe-west10`
Finland	`europe-north1`	Low CO₂
Frankfurt	`europe-west3`
London	`europe-west2`	Low CO₂
Madrid	`europe-southwest1`	Low CO₂
Milan	`europe-west8`
Netherlands	`europe-west4`	Low CO₂
Paris	`europe-west9`	Low CO₂
Stockholm	`europe-north2`	Low CO₂
Turin	`europe-west12`
Warsaw	`europe-central2`
Zürich	`europe-west6`	Low CO₂

The following table lists the regions in the Middle East where BigQuery is available.

Region description	Region name	Details
Dammam	`me-central2`
Doha	`me-central1`
Tel Aviv	`me-west1`

The following table lists the regions in Africa where BigQuery is available.

Region description	Region name	Details
Johannesburg	`africa-south1`

Multi-regions

Note: Later this year, BigQuery will stop using the term multi-region. Instead, the US and EU region names will be included in the list of single regions and will colocate with the us-central1 and europe-west4 regions respectively. There is no change to existing data residency.

The following table lists the multi-regions where BigQuery is available. When you select a multi-region, you let BigQuery select a single region within the multi-region where your data is stored and processed.

Multi-region description	Multi-region name
Data centers within member states of the European Union¹	`EU`
Data centers in the United States²	`US`

¹ Data located in the EU multi-region is only stored in one of the following locations: europe-west1 (Belgium) or europe-west4 (Netherlands). The exact location in which the data is stored and processed is determined automatically by BigQuery.

² Data located in the US multi-region is only stored in one of the following locations: us-central1 (Iowa), us-west1 (Oregon), or us-central2 (Oklahoma). The exact location in which the data is stored and processed is determined automatically by BigQuery.

BigQuery Studio code asset locations

BigQuery Studio lets you save, share, and manage versions of code assets such as notebooks and saved queries.

The following table lists the regions where BigQuery Studio is available:

	Region description	Region name	Details
Africa
	Johannesburg	`africa-south1`
Americas
	Columbus	`us-east5`
	Dallas	`us-south1`	Low CO₂
	Iowa	`us-central1`	Low CO₂
	Los Angeles	`us-west2`
	Las Vegas	`us-west4`
	Montréal	`northamerica-northeast1`	Low CO₂
	N. Virginia	`us-east4`
	Oregon	`us-west1`