App Engine is *regional* , which means the infrastructure that runs your apps is located in a specific region, and Google manages it so that it is available redundantly across [all of the zones within that region](https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/geography-and-regions.md.txt). 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 consider [the locations where App Engine is available](https://cloud.google.com/about/locations/#region) as well as the [locations](https://cloud.google.com/about/locations/#region) of 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 its [pricing](https://cloud.google.com/appengine/pricing). You cannot change an app's region after you set it. > [!NOTE] > **Note:** Two locations, which are called `europe-west` and `us-central` in App Engine commands and in the Google Cloud console, are called `europe-west1` and `us-central1`, respectively, elsewhere in Google documentation. If you already created an App Engine application, you can view its region by doing one of the following: - Run the `gcloud app describe` command. - Open the [App Engine Dashboard in the Google Cloud console](https://console.cloud.google.com/appengine). The region appears near the top of the page. To select a region, you create an App Engine application in your Google Cloud project. See *Manage projects, applications, and billing* for details in your language for either the [standard](https://docs.cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/managing-projects-apps-billing.md.txt) or [flexible](https://docs.cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/flexible/managing-projects-apps-billing.md.txt) environment. ## Cloud Storage location When you create an app, App Engine creates a default [bucket](https://docs.cloud.google.com/storage/docs/buckets.md.txt) in [Cloud Storage](https://docs.cloud.google.com/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 in `us-central` create a bucket in the `US` multi-region. - Apps located in `europe-west` create a bucket in the `EU` multi-region. To learn more about Cloud Storage bucket locations, see [Bucket locations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/storage/docs/locations.md.txt). ## Firestore location When you create an app, App Engine creates a default database in [Firestore](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore). 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 in `us-central` create a database in the `nam5` multi-region. - Apps located in `europe-west` create a database in the `eur3` multi-region. To learn more about Firestore bucket locations, see [Database locations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/locations). ## Direct VPC egress location availability [Direct VPC egress](https://docs.cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/vpc-direct-vpc.md.txt) is available in all App Engine regions, except for the following invitation-only regions: - `us-central1` (`us-central`) - `us-east1` - `us-east4` - `us-west1` - `europe-west1` (`europe-west`) - `europe-west3` - `europe-west4` To request access in these regions, contact support.