Does Gemini for Google Workspace keep data in Australia?

Your location options are the United States, European Union (labeled Europe in the Google Admin console), or No preference.

Note: Gemini prompts and responses ("Google Workspace with Gemini" and "Gemini app") are covered by data regions at rest on Business Standard and above, but the only regions are the US and Europe. Separately, Google's Australian AI privacy page says customers "can also store an independent copy of their Gemini in Workspace apps data in any country of their choice using local data storage". That is an exported copy in a Cloud Storage bucket the customer owns, and it needs the Assured Controls or Assured Controls Plus add-on. That export is not Gemini storage: it does not move where Workspace itself stores Gemini data, so it does not make Gemini storage Australian.

Customers can confine Gemini in Workspace data processing to the US or EU.

Note: In-use (processing) coverage needs Enterprise Data Regions (Enterprise Plus, Frontline Plus, Enterprise Essentials Plus or the add-on) or Assured Controls Data Regions; other editions cover data at rest only. Some Gemini features process data globally unless an admin turns them off. No Australian processing commitment is published for Gemini in Workspace. Separate offering, for context only: Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (formerly Vertex AI) lists australia-southeast1 ML processing for some models (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 2.5 Flash 128k, text-embedding-004) on regional endpoints; that is an API product, not Gemini in Workspace. Gemini Enterprise (also separate) lists no Australian location.

You can use Access Management for Google Workspace to limit the Google staff who can take support actions related to your organization's data.

Note: The listed policies are "No preference", "U.S. Google staff in a U.S. location", "CJIS-authorized and IRS 1075-authorized Google staff in a U.S. location" and "EU Google staff in EU locations or, if necessary, non-EU Google staff via virtual desktops in EU locations". No Australian option is listed, and Access Management needs the Assured Controls Plus add-on. Google's update of 2 October 2025 says Access Management covers Gemini App and Gemini in Workspace data. So US-only and EU-only support staff options exist, but where support staff are located by default ("No preference") is not published.

Supported editions for this feature: Frontline Starter, Frontline Standard, and Frontline Plus; Business Standard and Business Plus; Enterprise Standard and Enterprise Plus; Education Standard and Education Plus; Enterprise Essentials Plus.

Note: No edition or add-on offers an Australian data region. Data regions (US or Europe) start at Business Standard (at rest only); in-use processing needs Enterprise Plus, Frontline Plus, Enterprise Essentials Plus, the Enterprise Data Regions add-on, or Assured Controls. Local data storage (an exported copy in a country of choice) needs the Assured Controls or Assured Controls Plus add-on, and Google says "Additional charges for Google Cloud Storage may apply."

Data Regions is not supported for Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals, Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM), or logs or cached content.

Note: Data regions cover only "Prompts and responses" for Gemini. The advanced settings page says "Some Google Workspace features rely on services that process data globally"; for Gemini these include image generation, Vids content, Meet note-taking and Audio Overviews, which stay on unless an admin turns them off (Enterprise Data Regions only).

An independent third-party assessor evaluated Google Cloud and Google Workspace against OFFICIAL and PROTECTED ISM controls, and found both to be strongly aligned with PROTECTED level control requirements.

Note: Marked unclear: Google's IRAP page lists "Gemini for Workspace" and "Gemini {Google Workspace Enterprise}" among the Google Workspace products in scope, but the IRAP report itself (via Compliance Reports Manager) was not readable, so the assessment date and exact scope are not confirmed.