Microsoft Azure Regions to real locations in the USA

Microsoft operates or is planning to run datacenters which provide Azure cloud services in 10 regions and 24 availability zones. Azure datacenters are, or will be present, in the following locations: Des Moines, Iowa; Richmond, Virginia; Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; San Antonio, Texas; Cheyenne, Wyoming; San Francisco, California; Moses Lake (Quincy), Washington; and Phoenix, Arizona.

Within these physical, well-known locations, are known as the Azure regions. These include Central US, East US, East US 2, North Central US, South Central US, West Central US, West US, West US 2, and West US 3. While Azure is establishing its next United States data center region, known as East US 3, in the metro Atlanta, Georgia area, with a presence in both Douglas and Fulton Counties.

RegionsCodeZonesCityStateOpened
Central UScentralus3Des MoinesIowa2014
East USeastus3RichmondVirginia2012
East US 2eastus23RichmondVirginia2014
East US 3eastus33AtlantaGeorgiaFuture
North Central USnorthcentralus1ChicagoIllinois2009
South Central USsouthcentralus3San AntonioTexas2008
West Central USwestcentralus1CheyenneWyoming2016
West USwestus1San FranciscoCalifornia2012
West US 2westus23Moses LakeWashington2007
West US 3westus33PhoenixArizona2021
Total24