Regions

ZCP runs in two Canadian regions. You pick a region when you create a resource (instance, network, volume, cluster). Resources are region-scoped: a VM uses networks and volumes in the same region.

Code	Location	Processors	Storage tiers
YOW	Ottawa	Intel, AMD	NVMe, HDD (budget)
YUL	Montreal	Intel, AMD	Pro NVMe (b2.g1), Premium SSD (budget)

The region is encoded in every plan ID (1 = YOW, 2 = YUL). See Plan Names for the naming scheme and Instance Types for the specs and storage tiers available in each region.

Choosing a region

• Latency: pick the region closest to your users.
• Processor: both YOW and YUL offer Intel and AMD. YUL Intel capacity uses the ci2 and cim2 families with the b2.g1 storage category.
• Storage: both regions add a budget tier for cost-sensitive workloads. Premium SSD in YUL, HDD in YOW.
• Data residency: both regions are in Canada.

See also

• Create an Instance
• Instance Types