Choose data region

When you specify a data region, Viam stores all data captured by your machines in that region. This includes sensor readings, images, and other captured data. Choosing the right region helps you meet data residency requirements and can reduce latency for data queries.

By default, new organizations store data in North America. Locations shared across multiple organizations store data in the primary organization’s region.

Supported regions

Viam supports the following data regions:

• North America (us-central): Data is stored in Google Cloud Platform’s us-central1 region. This is the default for new organizations.
• Europe (eu-west): Data is stored in Google Cloud Platform’s europe-west4 region. Choose this region if you need to keep data within the EU to meet GDPR or other data residency requirements.

Set organization data region

Caution: You cannot change region if you have already synced data

You must set the region before syncing data. Once you sync data in an organization, you cannot change the data region.

1. Open the organization dropdown in the top right of Viam, next to your initials.
2. Click Settings and invites to open the organization settings menu.
3. From the Data region dropdown, choose the geographic location where you would like to store data.
4. A dialog will appear at the bottom of the screen containing the text Region updated.

You can check your organization’s data region using get_organization, and set your organization’s data region using update_organization:

You can check your organization’s data region using GetOrganization, and set your organization’s data region using UpdateOrganization: