This page discusses the options for placing your instances in Google Cloud locations.
When you create a Cloud SQL instance, you choose a region where the instance and its data are stored. To reduce latency and increase availability, choose the same region for your data and your Compute Engine instances, standard environment applications, and other services.
There are different location types:
A regional location is a specific geographic place, such as London.
A multi-regional location is a large geographic area, such as the United States, that contains at least two geographic places. Multi-regional locations are only used for backups.
You choose a location when you first create the instance. The location can't be changed after the instance is created.
Regional Locations
Regional locations are specific geographic locations within a multi-region location. Cloud SQL is available in all Google Cloud regions and is offered in upcoming regional launches at the time of launch. You can create a Cloud SQL instance in the following regions:
| Region Name | Region Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | |||
africa-south1 | Johannesburg | ||
| Asia | |||
asia-east1 | Taiwan | ||
asia-east2 | Hong Kong | ||
asia-northeast1 | Tokyo | ||
asia-northeast2 | Osaka | ||
asia-northeast3 | Seoul | ||
asia-south1 | Mumbai | ||
asia-south2 | Delhi | ||
asia-southeast1 | Singapore | ||
asia-southeast2 | Jakarta | ||
| Australia | |||
australia-southeast1 | Sydney | ||
australia-southeast2 | Melbourne | ||
| Europe | |||
europe-central2 | Warsaw | ||
europe-north1 | Finland |  Low CO2 | |
europe-southwest1 | Madrid | Low CO2 | |
europe-west1 | Belgium | Low CO2 | |
europe-west2 | London | Low CO2 | |
europe-west3 | Frankfurt | Low CO2 | |
europe-west4 | Netherlands | Low CO2 | |
europe-west6 | Zürich | Low CO2 | |
europe-west8 | Milan | ||
europe-west9 | Paris | Low CO2 | |
europe-west10 | Berlin | ||
europe-west12 | Turin | ||
| Middle East | |||
me-central1 | Doha | ||
me-central2 | Dammam | ||
me-west1 | Tel Aviv | ||
| North America | |||
northamerica-northeast1 | Montréal | Low CO2 | |
northamerica-northeast2 | Toronto | Low CO2 | |
northamerica-south1 | Mexico | ||
us-central1 | Iowa | Low CO2 | |
us-south1 | Dallas | Low CO2 | |
us-east1 | South Carolina | ||
us-east4 | Northern Virginia | ||
us-east5 | Columbus | ||
us-west1 | Oregon | Low CO2 | |
us-west2 | Los Angeles | ||
us-west3 | Salt Lake City | ||
us-west4 | Las Vegas | ||
| South America | |||
southamerica-east1 | São Paulo | Low CO2 | |
southamerica-west1 | Santiago | Low CO2 |
Multi-regional backup locations
| Multi-Region Name | Multi-Region Description |
|---|---|
asia | Data centers in Asia |
eu | Data centers in the European Union |
us | Data centers in the United States |
Zones
Zones are sub-locations in a region where you can create zonal resources such as Cloud SQL instances. For example, a zone named us-central1-a indicates a zone within the us-central1 region. A zone is independent of other zones in the same region.
You can choose your zone to keep your Cloud SQL instance close to your other Google Cloud services. If you want your instance to be replicated between zones synchronously, then configure it for high availability.
You can add a zone when you first create the instance. You can edit the instance at a later time to modify the zone.
Preferred Location
You can select your zone. Choose Any if you want the system to select and assign a zone for you during instance creation.
For more information about zones, see Geography and regions.
What's next
- Get more information about building applications to meet your latency, availability, and durability requirements.
- View all the Google Cloud services available in locations worldwide.