# Where is data stored and processed? We store our and your business data with Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The main storage locations are in The Netherlands, Belgium, and in part the United Kingdom and Germany. All locations have the same high state of security, are geographically redundant, and are therefore able to run separately from other services improving overall protection and resilience. For our Voice customers, additional locations have been added in Singapore and South Carolina (USA). Our choice for these additional GCP locations in the US and APAC region is dictated by the need for low-latency networking with external suppliers, essential for the quality of our Voice product. Both PoP locations serve as gateways to Voice connectivity suppliers in those regions. We store data in one of our locations for the sole purpose of qualitative call handling. Locations are chosen based on close-to-customer, carrier peering, and geo-spreading. We're expanding when there's demand from the business (e.g. latency). Which location is used in practice depends on the distance to customer, carrier, or available infrastructure (data storage clusters). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.bird.com/connectivity-platform/data-governance-and-security/where-is-data-stored-and-processed.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.