Region refers to each physical node distributed globally. You can choose to deploy products in different regions according to the geographical location of customer groups. Baidu AI Cloud currently provides services in the following areas: North China - Beijing , North China - Baoding ,South China - Guangzhou,East China - Suzhou,Finance East China - Shanghai,Finance Central China - Wuhan,Hong Kong,Singapore.

North China Region, South China Region, East China Region, Financial Central China, and Financial East China Data Centers provide multi-line BGP backbone network lines with network capabilities covering all provinces and cities across the country to achieve stable and high-speed access.

Please pay attention to the following details, which may be related to the service you choose:

1. Cloud service products in the same region communicate through the intranet.

2. The intranets of cloud service products currently in different regions cannot communicate with each other.

   Product service	Region description	Example
   cloud server	-The cloud server intranet between different regions is not interconnected by default. -Cloud servers BCC and BLB, EIP, CDS and other cloud service intranets between different regions are not interconnected by default.	The BCC and CDS intranets in the North China area are interconnected; however, the BCC in the North China area and the CDS intranet in the South China area are not interconnected.
   Container engine CCE	-By default, the intranets of container clusters between different areas are not interconnected. -By default, container clusters in different areas and the BLB intranet is not interconnected.	The container clusters and BLB intranets in the same region in North China are interconnected; however, the clusters in North China and the BLB intranet in South China are not interconnected.
   Load balance BLB	Do not support cross-region deployment	When BLB is bound to BCC, you can only choose to bind the cloud server in this region.
   SQL database RDS	-By default, RDS intranets in different regions are not interconnected with each other. -Cloud servers BCC and RDS intranets in different regions are not interconnected with each other.	The BCC in North China Region and the RDS in South China Region is not interconnected with each other.
   Simple caching service SCS	The BCC and SCS intranets in different areas are not interconnected with each other.	The BCC in North China Region and the SCS Intranet in South China Region are not interconnected.
   Object storage BOS	-The cloud server and object storage BOS in the same region are interconnected. -The BCC and BOS intranets in different areas are not interconnected.	The BCC and BOS intranets in the North China Region region are interconnected, but the BCC in the North China Region region and the BOS intranet in the South China Region are not interconnected.

3. When you are purchasing Baidu AI Cloud services, we recommend that you choose the data center closest to your target user's area, which can reduce the access delay and increase the user's access speed.
4. The SLA guarantee of the product service level agreement in South China Region is consistent with that in North China Region. Any subsequent discrepancies will be notified on the official website.

5. For information about the regions supported by each service, please see the table below, which globally indicates that the service does not require region selection. :

   • Calculate relevant product area information.

   Product name	Global	North China - Beijing	North China - Baoding	South China - Guangzhou	East China - Suzhou	Finance East China - Shanghai	Finance Central China - Wuhan	Hong Kong
   cloud server		✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
   Exclusive server DCC		✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
   Physical server BBC		✅	✅	✅	✅		✅
   Container engine CCE		✅	✅	✅	✅		✅	✅
   AutoScaling		✅		✅	✅
   Application engine Pro BAEPRO		✅		✅	✅
   Function computation CFC		✅		✅	✅

   • Network related product area information.

   Product name	Global	North China - Beijing	North China - Baoding	South China - Guangzhou	East China - Suzhou	Finance East China - Shanghai	Finance Central China - Wuhan	Hong Kong
   Elastic public network IP EIP		✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
   Load balance BLB		✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
   AI cloud analysis	✅
   Private net VPC		✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
   Express Tunnel ET	✅

   • Store CDN related product area information.

   Product name	Global	North China - Beijing	North China - Baoding	South China - Guangzhou	East China - Suzhou	Finance East China - Shanghai	Finance Central China - Wuhan	Hong Kong
   Object storage BOS		✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
   Cloud disk CDS		✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
   File storage CFS		✅	✅	✅	✅		✅	✅
   Content delivery network CDN	✅
   Storage gateway BSG	✅

   • Database related product area information.

   Product name	Global	North China - Beijing	North China - Baoding	South China - Guangzhou	East China - Suzhou	Finance East China - Shanghai	Finance Central China - Wuhan	Hong Kong
   Cloud database RDS		✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
   Cloud database SCS		✅	✅	✅	✅		✅	✅
   Cloud database TableStorage		✅	✅	✅
   Cloud database DRDS		✅		✅	✅
   Data Transmission Service DTS	✅
   Cloud database DocDB for MongoDB		✅		✅	✅
   Cloud Data FusionDB		✅		✅	✅			✅
   Cloud database HTAP for CockroachDB		✅		✅	✅			✅

   • Security and management related product area information.

   Product name	Global	North China - Beijing	North China - Baoding	South China - Guangzhou	East China - Suzhou	Finance East China - Shanghai	Finance Central China - Wuhan	Hong Kong
   DDoS basic protection	✅
   Application firewall service WAF	✅
   Business security risk control AFD	✅
   Cloud monitoring BCM	✅
   Cloud Audit BCT	✅
   SSL Certificate Service	✅
   Host Security Agent	✅
   Security detection service SRD	✅
   Flow audit IDS	✅
   Key management service KMS		✅		✅	✅

   • Data analysis related product area information.

   Product name	Global	North China - Beijing	North China - Baoding	South China - Guangzhou	East China - Suzhou	Finance East China - Shanghai	Finance Central China - Wuhan	Hong Kong
   Baidu MapReduce BMR		✅	✅	✅	✅	✅		✅
   Baidu Data Factory PINGO		✅
   Baidu Data Science Platform		✅
   Baidu Deep Learning		✅
   Baidu data warehouse Palo		✅	✅	✅	✅			✅
   Baidu Elasticsearch		✅	✅	✅	✅			✅
   Baidu log service BLS		✅	✅	✅	✅
   Baidu Messaging System		✅	✅	✅	✅	✅

   • Website service related product area information.

     Product name	Global	North China - Beijing	North China - Baoding	South China - Guangzhou	East China - Suzhou	Finance East China - Shanghai	Finance Central China - Wuhan	Hong Kong
     Site service	✅
     Domain name service BCD	✅
     Cloud virtual host BCH	✅
     Intelligent Traffic Management ITM	✅
     Mobile Resolution HTTPDNS	✅

   • Smart multimedia services related product area information.

     Product name	Global	North China - Beijing	North China - Baoding	South China - Guangzhou	East China - Suzhou	Finance East China - Shanghai	Finance Central China - Wuhan	Hong Kong
     Multimedia Cloud Transcoding MCT		✅		✅
     Live streaming service LSS	✅
     Video on demand VOD	✅
     Document service DOC	✅
     Video content review VCR	✅
     Video Content Analysis VCA	✅

   • IoT services related product area information.

     Product name	Global	North China - Beijing	North China - Baoding	South China - Guangzhou	East China - Suzhou	Finance East China - Shanghai	Finance Central China - Wuhan	Hong Kong
     Internet of things IoT Hub		✅		✅
     IoT Parser		✅		✅
     Time sequense database TSDB		✅		✅
     Rule Engine				✅
     IoT Visualization	✅
     Smart Edge BIE		✅		✅
     DuHome	✅
     DuGo - AI Auto Cloud				✅
     Positioning Services DuMap	✅
     Logistics Position Service LPS	✅

   • AI service related product area information.

   Product name	Global	North China - Beijing	North China - Baoding	South China - Guangzhou	East China - Suzhou	Finance East China - Shanghai	Finance Central China - Wuhan	Hong Kong
   Baidu Machine Learning BML		✅
   Speech Technology	✅
   Face recognition	✅
   Text recognition	✅
   Natural language processing	✅
   Content regulation	✅
   Image recognition	✅
   Image search	✅
   Smart Outbound	✅
   Human Analysis	✅
   Robot platform ABC Robot	✅
   Intelligent call center	✅
   AR Augmented Reality	✅
   Apollo training platform	✅
   EasyDL customized training and service platform	✅
   Understanding and Interaction Technology UNIT	✅

   • Digital marketing cloud service related product information.

   Product name	Global	North China - Beijing	North China - Baoding	South China - Guangzhou	East China - Suzhou	Finance East China - Shanghai	Finance Central China - Wuhan	Hong Kong
   Baidu Feed API	✅
   Search Referer API	✅
   Smart recommendation BRS		✅		✅
   Baidu public opinion API	✅

   • Blockchain service related product information.

   Product name	Global	North China - Beijing	North China - Baoding	South China - Guangzhou	East China - Suzhou	Finance East China - Shanghai	Finance Central China - Wuhan	Hong Kong
   Baidu Blockchain engine BBE		✅	✅	✅	✅

   • Application service related product information.

     Product name	Global	North China - Beijing	North China - Baoding	South China - Guangzhou	East China - Suzhou	Finance East China - Shanghai	Finance Central China - Wuhan	Hong Kong
     Baidu Push Platform SPP	✅
     Simple e-mail service SES	✅
     Cloud Call Center CCC	✅
     Baidu Devops Platform Devops	✅
     Simple message service SMS	✅
     Application Performance Management APM	✅
     Questionnaire Survey Service	✅
     Manual test	✅
     Mobile App Testing	✅

   • Cloud market services related product information.

     Product name	Global	North China - Beijing	North China - Baoding	South China - Guangzhou	East China - Suzhou	Finance East China - Shanghai	Finance Central China - Wuhan	Hong Kong
     Cloud Market	✅

FAQs

1. How to choose the service area?

   When you are purchasing Baidu AI Cloud services, it is recommended that you choose the data center that is closest to the area where your target users are located. This can reduce access delays and increase user access speed.

2. Can South China Region be put on record, and has it been connected with the record system?

   Yes, the record is not directly related with the regional selection, but the business form. Station-based services need to be recorded no matter where they are deployed.

3. What line is in South China Region?

   Multi-line BGP backbone network lines, which ensure high-speed access for users nationwide.

4. Is the billing method and amount in South China Region the same as in Beijing Region?

   For the same product, the billing method is the same. If there are any subsequent billing differences due to the influence of the operator, they will be notified on the official website.

5. How does the console area switch?

   The navigation bar on the console page of the official website supports selecting areas, and users can switch according to their needs. For example, the cloud server supports handover between the two regions of North China Region and South China Region.

   

6. Can North China cloud server access BOS storage files in South China Region?

   Accessible. Users can access Bos bucket files across regions, which will incur additional charges. For details, see BOS Billing Rules.