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2026-05-30-foundational-region-asia-south1
Decisioncanonicalverified 2026-06-26
DECISION.2026-05-30.FOUNDATIONAL-REGION-ASIA-SOUTH1Region: asia-south1 (Mumbai)
Note: Date
2026-05-30is a placeholder — the decision predates the log.
Decision
Firebase, Cloud Functions, Firestore, and Storage are all pinned to asia-south1 (Mumbai). No multi-region.
Why
DPDP Act 2023 requires Indian data residency. Indian filers also need India-local latency.
Impact
- Region recorded in infra-sub-processors for every Firebase/GCP service.
- No multi-region failover, no cross-region replication.
- Any new GCP resource added later must default to
asia-south1.
Status
Active.
Sources
- .context/wiki/decisions/* § "(foundational, undated) — Region:
asia-south1(Mumbai)"
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