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Tom Keane, Microsoft's head of global infrastructure, said two new Azure regions serving Australia and New Zealand, first announced in August, are now open for business. These new "Australia Central" regions, both located in the vicinity of Australia's capital Canberra are in addition to existing Aussie-based regions in Sydney (Australia East) and Melbourne (Australia Southeast) But they aren't for everybody. Customers need to qualify. To do so, some aspect of the lifeblood of Australia must depend on the organization's work. The reason behind the restrictions is to make these regions something of a turnkey approach for organizations, including the Australian and New Zealand governments, that fall under heavy regulation for security and performance reasons. Along with foreign ownership, these issues have kept some industries from being able to effectively leverage public clouds both in Australia and across the globe.