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App Engine isregional, which means the infrastructure that runs your apps is
located in a specific region, and Google manages it so that it is available
redundantly acrossall of the zones within that region.
Meeting your latency, availability, or durability requirements are primary
factors for selecting the region where your apps are run. You can generally
select the region nearest to your app's users, but you should considerthe
locations where App Engine is availableas well as thelocationsof the other
Google Cloud products and services that your app uses. Using services
across multiple locations can affect your app's latency as well as itspricing.
You cannot change an app's region after you set it.
If you already created an App Engine application, you can view its
region by doing one of the following:
To select a region, you create an App Engine application in your
Google Cloud project. SeeManage projects, applications, and billingfor details in your language for either thestandardorflexibleenvironment.
Cloud Storage location
When you create an app, App Engine creates a defaultbucketinCloud Storage.
Generally, the location of this bucket is the region matching the location of
your App Engine app.
The following App Engine app locations create buckets that are multi-region:
Apps located inus-centralcreate a bucket in theUSmulti-region.
Apps located ineurope-westcreate a bucket in theEUmulti-region.
To learn more about Cloud Storage bucket locations, seeBucket locations.
Firestore location
When you create an app, App Engine creates a default database inFirestore.
Generally, the location of this database is the region matching the location of
your App Engine app.
The following App Engine app locations create databases that are multi-region:
Apps located inus-centralcreate a database in thenam5multi-region.
Apps located ineurope-westcreate a database in theeur3multi-region.
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