Central US
Public cloudCentral US is part of Azure public cloud, in Iowa, United States. It lists 3 availability zones. Its paired region is East US 2.
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Latency
Published round-trip measurements from Central US to 53 other regions.
VM prices
1,349 Linux and 1,277 Windows VM sizes with pay-as-you-go prices in USD. Compare hourly rates and pricing plans in Central US.
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660 IPv4 and 264 IPv6 prefixes in AzureCloud.centralus. Inspect or download the regional AzureCloud ranges.
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- Programmatic name
- centralus
- Location
Iowa, United States
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- Azure public cloud
- Availability zones
- 3 availability zones
- Paired region
- East US 2
- Approx. opening year
2014
Reported operational year for this location; individual Azure services can have different launch dates.
- Published residency note
Stored at rest in the United States
Microsoft's datacenter summary. Storage and replication behavior depend on the service and configuration.
Regional planning
Pairing and disaster recovery
Central US and East US 2 are paired in both directions.
Both regions are in the United States geography.
Published median round-trip latency from Central US to East US 2: 33 ms.
A region pair does not automatically replicate your application or enable failover. Configure recovery for each service you use.
How Azure region pairing worksAccess and service availability
Available to all customers and partners. Available services, VM sizes, and quota still depend on the region and subscription.
Check products available by regionAvailability zone planning
Zone support varies by service and VM size. Choose zone-redundant or zonal deployments explicitly; selecting Central US alone does not distribute a workload across zones.
Check service and zone supportLowest published latency from Central US
The three lowest measured destinations in Microsoft's P50 (median) round-trip dataset. 30-day measurement window ending . These are Azure backbone measurements; use the browser test for your own connection.
| Destination region | Median round-trip time |
|---|---|
| North Central US | 15 ms |
| West Central US | 17 ms |
| South Central US | 26 ms |