Can I define the region Google Cloud Container Builder runs in?

Question

My Google Cloud Container Builder steps are touching information that should not leave the European Union. Is it possible to restrict the region for a build so that it won't be executed in us-central1 for example?

I know I can define the region, where the resulting images are stored , but that does not mean the processing happens within the EU, or am I wrong?

Answer 1

You are correct that you cannot at this time define the region where the processing happens. However, since all processing of your build is ephemeral, data lives in the arbitrarily-selected processing region only for the brief lifetime of your build.

If you believe you need more control over regionality than this ephemeral lifespan offers, please make this a formal feature request by sending details regarding your use case to gcr-contact@google.com.