Platform

São Paulo first

A new environment lands in southamerica-east1. Iowa and Belgium are there if the partner is. Not because we scattered for the sake of it.

São Paulosouthamerica-east1

Iowaus-central1

Belgiumeurope-west1

Home
São Paulo is the default. Data, logs, and the model start there, unless you say otherwise.
If the contract asks
us-central1 and europe-west1 come up when a partner needs another Google Cloud region.
Idle does not pay for a warm machine
A quiet partner does not hold runtime. Cost follows whoever is using it.