GitHub has announced that it will introduce data residency capabilities, beginning with EU developers on 29 October 2024.

Github is among a growing number getting on board with European data sovereignty, with support for EU data residency will roll out on October 29. GitHub to offer EU data residency

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,

The upgrade is for the GitHub Enterprise Cloud offering, with data residency being available from October 29 for EU customers, with Australia being next soon after, a GitHub spokesperson told CRN Australia.

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.