> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.replit.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Project geography

> Choose where the compute and storage for a published Project are hosted.

Project geography is the publishing geography for a Project. You select it when you publish, and it controls where the published Project's compute and storage are hosted.

<Note>
  Project geography and [Workspace
  geography](/features/collaboration/workspace-geography) can differ. Workspace
  geography controls where development resources for new Projects in a Workspace
  are hosted.
</Note>

## What Project geography controls

By default, Replit recommends the geography closest to you. This helps reduce latency for your app's visitors and meet data residency requirements.

When you select a geography, all published artifacts for your Project, such as compute, database, and Object Storage, are automatically colocated in the same region. A geography-specific proxy also helps reduce latency for your app's visitors.

## Select a Project geography

To choose a geography other than the recommended one:

<Steps>
  <Step>Open the **Publishing** tool in your Replit Project.</Step>
  <Step>Expand the **Advanced** settings.</Step>
  <Step>Select your preferred geography from the **Geography** dropdown.</Step>

  <Step>
    Select **Publish** to publish your Project to the selected geography.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/replit/rgMTJtOfbKf1GQ8o/images/changelog/2026-04-10/geography-dropdown.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=rgMTJtOfbKf1GQ8o&q=85&s=3cfc403cf106ba26e1899a7b5c383704" alt="Geography dropdown in the Publishing Advanced settings showing Europe selected as Closest, with North America, South America, Asia, and Australia also available" width="1368" height="690" data-path="images/changelog/2026-04-10/geography-dropdown.png" />
</Frame>

## Enforce a geography on published Projects

Enterprise admins can enforce a publishing geography for all Projects across their organization. When a policy is set, builders in the organization publish to the configured geography. This policy applies only to Projects that have not yet been published. Projects already published to a different geography are not affected.

<Note>
  Enforcing a publishing geography is an Enterprise feature. To learn more about
  Enterprise plans, see [Pricing](https://replit.com/pricing/).
</Note>

<Steps>
  <Step>Navigate to your **Account settings**.</Step>
  <Step>Select **Advanced**.</Step>

  <Step>
    Choose the geography that all Projects published for the first time must
    use.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Availability and limits

| Geography         | Project publishing selection |
| :---------------- | :--------------------------- |
| **North America** | Yes                          |
| **Europe (EU)**   | Yes                          |
| **Asia**          | Yes                          |
| **South America** | Yes                          |
| **Australia**     | Yes                          |

<Note>
  Project geography selection is available to Core, Pro, and Enterprise
  customers. Free customers publish to North America by default.
</Note>

Before selecting a Project geography, keep these limitations in mind:

* **Geography cannot be changed after publishing.** Once you publish your Project to a geography, that selection is permanent. You cannot migrate a published Project to a different geography.
* **Development and published locations can differ.** Resources such as Object Storage can be created before you publish and may not match your Project geography.

## Next steps

* [Publishing](/features/publishing/overview): Learn how to publish and manage a Replit App.
* [Autoscale Deployments](/features/publishing/deployment-types#autoscale): Learn how autoscaling adjusts capacity based on traffic.
* [Reserved VM Deployments](/features/publishing/deployment-types#reserved-vm): Publish your Project to a dedicated virtual machine.
* [Published App Monitoring](/features/publishing/monitoring-a-deployment/): View logs and monitor your published Project.

To learn more about how Replit handles data processing, see the [Data Processing Addendum](https://replit.com/dpa).