> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Notion adds data residency in Tokyo and Seoul — Australia isn't on the map - URL: https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/news-notion-data-residency-australia-2026/ - Published: 2026-03-23T23:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-08T05:26:31.000Z - Description: Notion's data residency map now covers Frankfurt, Tokyo and Seoul. If you were waiting for Sydney, the roadmap has nothing for you. - Author: Adam - Tags: Productivity & Workflow, News, #news **Posted:** 24 March 2026 · **Category:** Productivity & Workflow --- On 23 March Notion announced **Enterprise data residency in Tokyo and Seoul, available from May 2026** — its third and fourth residency regions after Frankfurt for the EU. The announcement came from Notion's CTO on the company blog. **Australia is not announced, and is not on the public roadmap.** ## What changed Until now, Notion Enterprise customers outside the EU had one practical answer to "where does our data live?": **US-West-2, Oregon — the default**. From May, Japanese and Korean enterprises get to keep workspace data in-country. It's a meaningful expansion, and it tells you Notion can build this per-region when the market justifies it. Which is exactly the uncomfortable part for Australian customers: Tokyo and Seoul made the business case. Sydney didn't. ## What it means for Australians If your organisation has been telling its risk committee "Notion data residency is coming," this announcement is the correction: it's coming — for other people. Australian Notion workspaces stay in Oregon for the foreseeable future, and any compliance posture built on local residency needs a different tool or a different argument. For most Australian small businesses this changes nothing day-to-day — Notion's offshore hosting was already the deal you'd accepted. But for legal, health, finance, and government-adjacent teams where data location is a hard requirement rather than a preference, the roadmap silence is the answer. The APAC investment going to Tokyo and Seoul first also says something about where Australia sits in the queue if a Sydney region ever does get built. ## What we're watching Whether Australian enterprise demand gets Sydney onto the roadmap, and how Notion's local fit compares once we put it through the full review framework — data residency will weigh heavily in that score. ## Frequently asked questions ### What changed? On 23 March 2026 Notion announced Enterprise data residency in Tokyo and Seoul, available from May 2026 — its third and fourth residency regions after Frankfurt. Japanese and Korean enterprises can now keep workspace data in-country. ### Does this affect Australian users? No, and that's the point. Australia is not announced and not on the public roadmap. Australian Notion workspaces stay in Oregon (US-West-2) for the foreseeable future. Any compliance posture built on local residency needs a different tool or a different argument. ### Does it change our recommendation? Not yet — data residency will weigh heavily once we put Notion through the full review framework. For legal, health, finance and government-adjacent teams where data location is a hard requirement, the roadmap silence is the answer. ## Read next - Category guide: [Best Workspace AI for Australian Teams 2026](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/best-workspace-ai-australia-2026/) - [Notion AI vs Atlassian Rovo](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/compare-notion-ai-vs-atlassian-rovo-australia/) - [Notion AI vs ClickUp Brain for Australian teams 2026](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/compare-notion-ai-vs-clickup-brain-australia-2026/) ## Sources - Notion — Notion expands data residency to Japan and South Korea (23 March 2026): https://www.notion.com/blog/notion-expands-data-residency-to-japan-south-korea (primary) — Wayback: https://web.archive.org/web/20260522105651/https://www.notion.com/blog/notion-expands-data-residency-to-japan-south-korea --- *The AI Directory Australia is independent. We review and score AI tools for Australian users — AUD pricing, AU availability, data residency, GST. We don't write ads; affiliate links are disclosed and sponsored content is labelled. Edited by Adam.*