South Central US
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Use the region facts and planning sections to review its programmatic name, availability zones, pairing, and access requirements.
South Central US is part of Azure public cloud, in Texas, United States. It lists 3 availability zones. Its paired region is North Central US.
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Latency
Published round-trip measurements from South Central US to 53 other regions.
VM prices
1,360 Linux and 1,288 Windows VM sizes with pay-as-you-go prices in USD. Compare hourly rates and pricing plans in South Central US.
Compare South Central US VM pricesIP ranges
498 IPv4 and 339 IPv6 prefixes in AzureCloud.southcentralus. Inspect or download the regional AzureCloud ranges.
View South Central US IP rangesRegion facts
- Programmatic name
- southcentralus
- Location
Texas, United States
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- Azure public cloud
- Availability zones
- 3 availability zones
- Paired region
- North Central US
- Approx. opening year
2008
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
South Central US and North Central US are paired in both directions.
Both regions are in the United States geography.
Published median round-trip latency from South Central US to North 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
South Central US: 3 availability zones. North Central US: No availability zones listed.
Zone support varies by service and VM size. Choose zone-redundant or zonal deployments explicitly; selecting South Central US alone does not distribute a workload across zones.
Check service and zone supportLowest published latency from South 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 |
|---|---|
| Mexico Central | 22 ms |
| West US 3 | 23 ms |
| Central US | 26 ms |