Is Cloud Firestore data replicated over continents?

Question

I was reading this blog post. It make me wonder how data replication and fail overs handled in case of regional and multi-regional database projects. Article mentions that t

Answer 1

Cloud Firestore data can be stored using a multi-region location or a regional location. Using "multi-region locations" simply means storing data at multiple regions, located on the same continent. EU and US are the two only choices. This means you cannot have data close to all users, globally.