Choosing a Cloud Region for UK Businesses
Where you place your cloud resources affects loading speed, data-protection compliance and sometimes cost. For UK businesses there is usually a clear front-runner, but it is worth understanding the reasoning.
This article walks through the decision.
The Main Considerations
- Proximity: a region near your users loads faster.
- Data residency: keeping data in the UK or EU simplifies UK GDPR compliance.
- Cost: prices vary slightly between regions.
- Services: the newest features sometimes reach larger regions first.
The Usual Recommendation
For most UK businesses, the London region of your chosen provider is the natural home: fast for UK visitors and keeping data within the country. Where your audience is European, a nearby EU region may also suit.
When to Look Wider
If you serve a global audience, you may combine a UK primary region with a CDN or additional regions to keep everyone's experience fast. We design this around where your customers actually are.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does data have to stay in the UK after Brexit?
Not in all cases, but keeping personal data in the UK or EU is the simplest way to stay compliant with UK GDPR.
If you need a hand with any of this, your Progressive Robot delivery team is ready to help. Raise a ticket from the Support area of your client portal or speak to your account manager and we will guide you through the next steps.