Asia Pacific Cloud Regions — AWS, Azure, and GCP Coverage

Asia Pacific — Fastest Growing Cloud Market

The Asia Pacific region has the highest growth rate for cloud adoption globally, with all three major providers rapidly expanding their footprint across the region.

Major APAC Regions

Location	AWS	Azure	GCP
Tokyo	ap-northeast-1	japaneast	asia-northeast1
Seoul	ap-northeast-2	koreacentral	asia-northeast3
Singapore	ap-southeast-1	southeastasia	asia-southeast1
Sydney	ap-southeast-2	australiaeast	australia-southeast1
Mumbai	ap-south-1	centralindia	asia-south1
Hong Kong	ap-east-1	eastasia	asia-east2

Key Hubs

• Tokyo: The premier APAC region for all providers. AWS ap-northeast-1 has 4 AZs and the broadest service catalog in APAC. Gaming, financial services, and enterprise customers heavily use Tokyo.
• Singapore: The Southeast Asian hub with strong connectivity to the entire ASEAN region. All three providers offer full-featured regions here.
• Sydney: Primary choice for Australian and New Zealand workloads with good connectivity to broader APAC.
• Mumbai: India's primary cloud region serving the rapidly growing Indian digital economy.

Latency Considerations

APAC spans a vast geographic area, so latency between regions varies significantly:

• Tokyo to Singapore: ~70ms
• Tokyo to Sydney: ~100ms
• Singapore to Mumbai: ~60ms
• Tokyo to Seoul: ~30ms

Data Residency

Several APAC countries have strict data residency requirements:

• Japan: Financial data often must remain in Japan
• India: Data localization rules require certain data categories to stay in India
• Australia: Healthcare and government data typically must remain in-country
• Indonesia: Government services data must be hosted in Indonesian regions