GitHub will soon allow cloud customers to store their code data in the European Union (EU), part of a growing push in the technology realm to meet regulatory requirements and customer expectations around data protection — particularly where sensitive information might be at play,

Enterprise cloud users will soon be able to store their GitHub data within the European Union.

GitHub offers businesses control over data storage in its Enterprise Cloud service. Initially available in the EU, it expands to other regions soon.

In a significant move toward addressing Europe’s stringent data protection regulations, Microsoft’s GitHub has announced that it will offer enterprise clients the option to store their sensitive software code exclusively within data centers located in the European Union.

GitHub is allowing its Enterprise Cloud customers cloud customers to keep their data within an EU from now on. With this, the platform aims to better meet

From next month, Microsoft-owned developer platform and source code repository GitHub will offer robust data residency features for Australian users, as well as those in the European Union. The upgrade is for the GitHub Enterprise Cloud offering, with data residency being available from October 29.