Cloud architecture consulting in APAC
A US workshop region should not become the production default when users and regulated data are in APAC. This engagement starts from user location, residency, regional SKU lists and the provider you already operate, including Alibaba Cloud when that is the control plane.
Who this engagement is for
CTOs, cloud architects and platform teams whose users or data must stay in APAC regions, or whose current diagrams still start from a US region.
Information required to begin
- User and data locations (countries and cities if known)
- Providers already in APAC regions
- Residency, sovereignty or industry constraints
- Current primary region and DR region if any
Engineering process
- Consultation focused on APAC region and residency constraints
- Review of region pairs, egress paths and identity locality
- Written recommendations with residual residency risk
Deliverables
- Current-state assessment of APAC topology
- Target region and DR notes
- Risk register for residency and cross-region cost
Provider-specific scope
- AWS APAC regions as listed in AWS Regional Services
- Azure APAC regions
- Google Cloud APAC regions
- Alibaba Cloud APAC and China regions you operate
Limitations
- Region SKU availability changes. We verify against current regional-services pages during the engagement.
- We do not provide legal advice on data residency statutes.
What is not included
- Immigration, tax or entity-setup advice for APAC subsidiaries
Author
Written by Ankit Mehta. Methods used in this engagement are documented in the related guides below.