Which term describes selecting data storage locations by geographic region in cloud environments?

• A. Region-Based Segmentation
• B. Availability Zone
• C. Data Zone
• D. VPC/VNET

Answer: (A)

Controlling where data is stored based on geographic region is about data residency and locality in the cloud. Region-based segmentation captures this idea because it treats storage and related resources as tied to a specific region, enabling you to meet regulatory requirements, reduce latency for local users, and plan regional disaster recovery.

The other concepts don’t describe this practice as clearly. An availability zone is a fault-tolerant subdivision within a single region, used for isolating failures, not for choosing the region where data resides. A VPC/VNET defines a virtual network for resources, not the geographic location of the data itself. A term like data zone isn’t a standard, widely used label for storing data by region.

So, selecting data storage locations by geographic region aligns with region-based segmentation.