Google introduces local data storage for Workspace users

Google is introducing a new Workspace feature, local data storage that allows admins to export their organization's Workspace data into the geographic location or locations of their choice. This new feature is available for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus customers with the Assured Controls add-on.

The new Google Workspace feature provides the following options:

• User data:Specify users, groups, organizational units or your entire organization
• Export frequency: Opt for continuous or one-time exports 
• Storage settings: Specify the geographic location of the Google Cloud storage bucket that the data is exported to, who can access the data, and more settings within the Google Cloud storage bucket.

With this update, Google Workspace admins can export their organization's Workspace data into their own Google Cloud Storage (GCS) bucket located in a geographic location of their choice to meet their data sovereignty, compliance, and data archival needs.

Local data storage is available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus customers with Assured Controls add-on.