Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) is a fast, flexible and secure, cloud data warehouse tuned for running complex queries fast and across petabytes of data. Continuing to deliver on this promise, we have announced the general availability of the next generation of SQL DW which includes an average of five times the performance boost, five times the increase in compute scalability, and four times the increase in concurrency. The release of Azure SQL DW Compute Optimized Gen2 tier comes with an expansion of 14 additional regions bringing the global region footprint of SQL DW Gen2 to 20 surpassing all other major cloud providers. The following regions are available:
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Australia East
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Australia Southeast
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Canada Central
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Central India
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Central US
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East Asia
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East US
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East US 2
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Japan East
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Japan West
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Korea South
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North Central US
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North Europe
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South Central US
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South India
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Southeast Asia
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UK South
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West Europe
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West US
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West US 2
Read more about it in the Azure blog.