Geographic location based user computing asset provisioning in distributed computing systems

A provisioning server configured for geographic location based computing asset provisioning in a distributed computing system, the provisioning server including:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory containing instructions executable by the processor to cause the provisioning server to, upon receiving a request to deploy a computing service in the distributed computing system from a user,
• retrieve, from a directory service, a record of user account data containing data representing a pre-configured deployment location at which user data of the requested computing service is to be stored;
• determine whether a current geographic location of the provisioning server is within a geographic boundary of the deployment location;
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• in response to determining that the current geographic location of the provisioning server is within a geographic boundary of the deployment location, deploy computing assets at the current geographic location in response to the requested computing service, thereby allowing user data of the computing service to be stored at the pre-configured deployment location to satisfy data residency regulations.

A method for geographic location based computing asset provisioning in a distributed computing system, the method including:

• receiving, from a user and via a computer network, a request to deploy a computing service in the distributed computing system;
• determining a pre-configured deployment location for deploying computing assets for providing the requested computing service, the pre-configured deployment location having a geographic boundary within which user data of the computing service is to be stored;
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• based on the determined pre-configured deployment location, deploying the computing assets within the geographic boundary of the pre-configured deployment location in the distributed computing system irrespective of a geographic location at which the request is received from the user, thereby allowing the another provisioning server to provision the computing assets for the user in the pre-configured deployment location to satisfy data residency regulations.