North Central US
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The tools connect this region to latency measurements, VM pricing, and IP ranges when those views are available.
Use the region facts and planning sections to review its programmatic name, availability zones, pairing, and access requirements.
North Central US is part of Azure public cloud, in Illinois, United States. It has no availability zones listed. Its paired region is South Central US.
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Latency
Published round-trip measurements from North Central US to 53 other regions.
VM prices
1,213 Linux and 1,141 Windows VM sizes with pay-as-you-go prices in USD. Compare hourly rates and pricing plans in North Central US.
Compare North Central US VM pricesIP ranges
301 IPv4 and 47 IPv6 prefixes in AzureCloud.northcentralus. Inspect or download the regional AzureCloud ranges.
View North Central US IP rangesRegion facts
- Programmatic name
- northcentralus
- Location
Illinois, United States
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- Azure public cloud
- Availability zones
- No availability zones listed
- Paired region
- South Central US
- Approx. opening year
2009
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
North Central US and South Central US are paired in both directions.
Both regions are in the United States geography.
Published median round-trip latency from North Central US to South Central US: 38 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
Eligibility: 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
North Central US: No availability zones listed. South Central US: 3 availability zones.
Zone support is not listed for North Central US. Check each service's redundancy options before designing for a datacenter outage.
Check service and zone supportLowest published latency from North Central US
The three lowest measured destinations in Microsoft's P50 (median) round-trip dataset. These are Azure backbone measurements; use the browser test for your own connection.
| Destination region | Median round-trip time |
|---|---|
| Central US | 14 ms |
| Canada Central | 19 ms |
| East US | 20 ms |