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High available Azure region in the 💙 of Belgium and Europe

Experience the power of cloud computing with our new Belgian datacenter region. Located in the heart of Belgium and Europe, it's tailored to meet the needs of Belgian organizations, companies, and governments. Access fast, secure cloud services for mobile banking, streaming, e-commerce, and more. This datacenter region is ready to power new innovations like smart cities and autonomous mobility solutions. Join us in expanding Microsoft's global cloud infrastructure to Belgium. The datacenter region will carry the name Azure Belgium Central, or ABC for short. Easy to remember!

  • Azure Availability Zones

    Azure Availability Zones

    Experience reliability with Azure's Belgium Central region, consisting of multiple Availability Zones with physically separate datacenter structures, chosen for their ability to tolerate local failures.

  • Belgium local data residency

    Belgium local data residency​

    The Belgian datacenter region allows for local access to Azure, Dynamics and Power Platform cloud services, keeping data stored within Belgium for companies and organizations with data residency needs.

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    Center of Belgium and Europe

    This new datacenter region is located in the heart of Belgium and Europe. Companies, organizations and governments that want or need to be close to the heart of the European Union, can deploy their workloads in the Belgium Central region once available.

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Where is the cloud?

Almost everyone uses the cloud on a daily basis. But what is the cloud, where is the cloud and what else can you to with it? The 'Where is the Cloud?' series, explores the basic concepts of cloud and the datacenters that power it, together with companies, governments and organizations that count on it for their future success. We'll also take a closer look at where the cloud is located and what a data center is. Discover how cloud technology is changing the way we store, access and use information, and see why it became such a crucial part of our digital world. Join us on this journey to find the cloud!
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Azure Belgium Central

The soon to be opened Azure Belgium Central datacenter region will offer Azure, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform services from the heart of Belgium and Europe. This new datacenter region will bring low latency connectivity and local data residency for companies and organizations in the public and private sector. Azure Availability Zones, physically separate locations within the region, are tolerant against local failures. Azure Belgium Central makes it possible to store even the most sensitive data on the cloud, knowing that the data stays local and banking on some of our latest innovations in cybersecurity and privacy.

Virtual Datacenter Tour

Expand your understanding of the cloud with a closer look at a Microsoft datacenter. Take an immersive 3D tour through the hidden world of datacenters. Visitors will learn about the infrastructure required to build datacenters, the renewable energy that powers them and the hardware and software that keeps data secure. The final stop on the tour offers a glimpse of the future, including servers kept cool in tanks of boiling liquid and modular datacenters deployed on the seafloor in submarine-like tubes.​
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