Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing services provided by internet giant Microsoft. It allows users to build, test, host or manage web applications and data. Microsoft has its own data center infrastructure across the world which provides over 600 kind of cloud services. The direct and major competitor of Microsoft Azure is Amazon Web Services, commonly called as AWS. Apart from that it does compete with Google Cloud and Alibaba Cloud which are quite behind.
Microsoft Azure Data Center Locations
Microsoft Azure has similar way of classifying the location as that to AWS. Mainly, it uses Geographies (mostly countries, continents as well), Regions (cities) and availability zones. In fact, almost all of the major cloud infrastructure providers these days follow this pattern to describe their data center locations.
Microsoft Azure has data center regions in following main geographies:
Geographies
Since Microsoft has used both continents and countries as geographies, for your convenience, we have separated out each such geographies on the basis of continents in our world political map.
Microsoft Azure Geographies in Asia & Oceania:
- Asia Pacific
- Australia
- China
- India
- Israel
- Japan
- Korea
- New Zealand
- Qatar
- United Arab Emirates
Microsof Azure Geographies in Africa:
Microsoft Azure Geographies in Europe:
- Europe
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Norway
- Poland
- Spain
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
Microsoft Azure Geographies in North America:
- Azure Government
- Canada
- United States
Micrsoft Azure Geographies in South America:
Note: These includes 6 geographies coming soon: Israel, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland and Qatar.
Regions and Availability Zones
Regions are mainly the cities that host one or more availability zones in the area. Availability zones are unique cluster of one or more data centers interconnected with same low-latency network, power source and cooling system. The concept is quite similar to that we explained for AWS. Such “availability zones” are independent to other availability zones in the region or outside. They are tolerant to data center failure through redundancy and logical isolation of services.
Below are all the regions and locations of Microsoft Azure data centers in their respective geographies:
Africa
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| South Africa North | Johannesburg |
| South Africa West | Cape Town |
Asia Pacific
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| East Asia | Hong Kong |
| Southeast Asia | Singapore |
Australia
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| Australia Central | Canberra |
| Australia Central 2 | Canberra |
| Australia East | New South Wales |
| Australia Southeast | Victoria |
Azure Government
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| US DoD Central | Iowa |
| US DoD East | Virginia |
| US Gov Arizona | Arizona |
| US Gov Texas | Texas |
| US Gov Virginia | Virginia |
| US Sec Central | Undisclosed |
| US Sec East | Undisclosed |
| US Sec West | Undisclosed |
Brazil
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| Brazil South | São Paulo State |
Canada
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| Canada Central | Toronto |
| Canada East | Quebec City |
China
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| China East | Shanghai |
| China East 2 | Shanghai |
| China North | Beijing |
| China North 2 | Beijing |
Europe
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| North Europe | Ireland |
| West Europe | Netherlands |
France
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| France Central | Paris |
| France South | Marseille |
Germany
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| Germany Central (Sovereign) | Frankfurt |
| Germany North (Public) | Berlin |
| Germany Northeast (Sovereign) | Magdeburg |
| Germany West Central (Public) | Frankfurt |
India
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| Central India | Pune |
| South India | Chennai |
| West India | Mumbai |
Israel
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| Israel Central | Israel |
Italy
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| Italy North | Milan |
Japan
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| Japan East | Tokyo, Saitama |
| Japan West | Osaka |
Korea
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| Korea Central | Seoul |
| Korea South | Busan |
Mexico
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| Mexico Central | Querétaro State |
New Zealand
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| New Zealand North | Auckland |
Norway
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| Norway East | Oslo |
| Norway West | Stavanger |
Poland
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| Poland Central | Warsaw |
Qatar
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| Qatar Central | Doha |
Spain
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| Spain Central | Madrid |
Switzerland
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| Switzerland North | Zürich |
| Switzerland West | Geneva |
United Arab Emirates
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| UAE Central | Abu Dhabi |
| UAE North | Dubai |
United Kingdom
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| UK South | London |
| UK West | Cardiff |
United States
| Azure Data Center Region | Location |
|---|
| Central US | Iowa |
| East US | Virginia |
| East US 2 | Virginia |
| North Central US | Illinois |
| South Central US | Texas |
| West US | California |
| West US 2 | Washington |
| West Central US | Wyoming |
Please confirm the availability of the cloud services that you want with Microsoft before you reach a decision. Since there are over 600 kind of cloud services that Microsoft provides, not all Azure data centers or regions provides all kind of cloud services.
Microsoft Azure Data Center Locations Map
Below we have brought you map of Azure Cloud Data Center locations (which host their servers) available or coming soon in the future.
Note: You can click on the above image to see larger view.
Disclaimer: These information were last updated on August 2020. Though we have done our best to collect the right information, we don’t guarantee the accuracy of information provided here including Azure data center locations, server locations or map. Kindly contact Microsoft for detailed or accurate information about their infrastructures.
