Avoiding deploying in Russia
Is there a way to avoid deploying in Russia (ie Russian users can connect to an edge server that's located outside Russia)? Asking because my NextJS backend uses the OpenAI API, and it doesn't work in Russia. Russian users can access our site, but they're missing functionality because the OAI API calls are blocked from the backend.
I'm presuming this is because Russian users are hitting an edge deployment located in Russia. Maybe Load Balancer can deal with this?
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The Data Localization Suite should be able to handle this. But afaik it is an ENT feature
Cloudflare Docs
Overview | Data Localization Suite docs
The Data Localization Suite (DLS) is a collection of tools that enable customers to choose the location where Cloudflare inspects and stores data, while maintaining the security and performance benefits of our global network.