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updatedAt: 2026-05-13T18:30:50.000Z
agentTools:
  siteIndex: https://techdocs.akamai.com/llms.txt
  projectIndex: https://techdocs.akamai.com/gtm/llms.txt
---

# List Akamai cloud regions

This operation returns a list of available Akamai cloud regions. Use these regions when creating a data center with a `cloudProvider` of `akamai-cloud`. Each region includes geographic metadata such as city, country, latitude, and longitude that you can use to populate data center fields.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "externalDocs": {
    "description": "See documentation for Akamai's Global Traffic Management API",
    "url": "https://techdocs.akamai.com/gtm/reference"
  },
  "info": {
    "license": {
      "name": "Apache 2.0",
      "url": "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html"
    },
    "title": "Collections",
    "version": "v1"
  },
  "openapi": "3.0.0",
  "paths": {
    "/collections/akamai-cloud-regions": {
      "get": {
        "description": "This operation returns a list of available Akamai cloud regions. Use these regions when creating a data center with a `cloudProvider` of `akamai-cloud`. Each region includes geographic metadata such as city, country, latitude, and longitude that you can use to populate data center fields.",
        "externalDocs": {
          "description": "See documentation for this operation in Akamai's Global Traffic Management API",
          "url": "https://techdocs.akamai.com/gtm/reference/get-akamai-cloud-regions"
        },
        "operationId": "get-akamai-cloud-regions",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "description": "For customers who manage more than one account, this [runs the operation from another account](https://techdocs.akamai.com/developer/docs/manage-many-accounts-with-one-api-client). The Identity and Access Management API provides a [list of available account switch keys](https://techdocs.akamai.com/iam-api/reference/get-client-account-switch-keys).",
            "in": "query",
            "name": "accountSwitchKey",
            "required": false,
            "schema": {
              "example": "1-5C0YLB:1-8BYUX",
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "example": [
                  {
                    "city": "Newark",
                    "cloud": {
                      "provider": "akamai-cloud",
                      "regionId": "us-east"
                    },
                    "continent": "North America",
                    "country": "US",
                    "countryName": "United States",
                    "label": "Newark, NJ, USA",
                    "latitude": 40.7357,
                    "longitude": -74.1724,
                    "stateOrProvince": "NJ"
                  },
                  {
                    "city": "Frankfurt",
                    "cloud": {
                      "provider": "akamai-cloud",
                      "regionId": "eu-central"
                    },
                    "continent": "Europe",
                    "country": "DE",
                    "countryName": "Germany",
                    "label": "Frankfurt, DE",
                    "latitude": 50.1109,
                    "longitude": 8.6821,
                    "stateOrProvince": null
                  },
                  {
                    "city": "Singapore",
                    "cloud": {
                      "provider": "akamai-cloud",
                      "regionId": "ap-southeast"
                    },
                    "continent": "Asia",
                    "country": "SG",
                    "countryName": "Singapore",
                    "label": "Singapore, SG",
                    "latitude": 1.3521,
                    "longitude": 103.8198,
                    "stateOrProvince": null
                  }
                ],
                "schema": {
                  "description": "Available Akamai cloud regions with geographic metadata.",
                  "items": {
                    "additionalProperties": false,
                    "properties": {
                      "city": {
                        "description": "The city where the Akamai cloud region is located.",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "cloud": {
                        "additionalProperties": false,
                        "description": "Cloud provider details for this region.",
                        "properties": {
                          "provider": {
                            "description": "The cloud provider identifier, `akamai-cloud` or `akamai-metal`.",
                            "enum": [
                              "akamai-cloud",
                              "akamai-metal"
                            ],
                            "type": "string"
                          },
                          "regionId": {
                            "description": "The cloud provider's unique identifier for this region.",
                            "type": "string"
                          }
                        },
                        "type": "object"
                      },
                      "continent": {
                        "description": "The continent where the Akamai cloud region is located.",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "country": {
                        "description": "The two-letter ISO 3166-1 country code where the Akamai cloud region is located.",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "countryName": {
                        "description": "The full name of the country where the Akamai cloud region is located.",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "label": {
                        "description": "A human-readable label for the Akamai cloud region.",
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "latitude": {
                        "description": "The geographic latitude of the Akamai cloud region.",
                        "format": "float",
                        "type": "number"
                      },
                      "longitude": {
                        "description": "The geographic longitude of the Akamai cloud region.",
                        "format": "float",
                        "type": "number"
                      },
                      "stateOrProvince": {
                        "description": "The state or province where the Akamai cloud region is located, if applicable.",
                        "nullable": true,
                        "type": "string"
                      }
                    },
                    "type": "object"
                  },
                  "type": "array",
                  "x-akamai": {
                    "file-path": "schemas/akamai-cloud-regions.yaml"
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            "description": "Successful response."
          }
        },
        "summary": "List Akamai cloud regions",
        "tags": [
          "Collections"
        ]
      },
      "x-akamai": {
        "file-path": "paths/akamai-cloud-regions.yaml",
        "path-info": "/collections/akamai-cloud-regions"
      }
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://{hostname}/config-gtm/v1"
    }
  ],
  "x-akamai": {
    "auth-type": "EDGE_GRID",
    "file-path": "10-collections.yaml"
  },
  "x-readme": {
    "explorer-enabled": false,
    "samples-languages": [
      "curl",
      "python",
      "node"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Sibling pages

* [List datacenter IDs](https://techdocs.akamai.com/gtm/reference/get-datacenter-ids.md)
* [List supported geo codes](https://techdocs.akamai.com/gtm/reference/get-supported-geo-codes.md)
* [List DNS record set types](https://techdocs.akamai.com/gtm/reference/get-recordset-types.md)