# Replicating datasets across regions in BigQuery

So this has been up for almost a year, but I've just found out that [you can replicate datasets across regions in BigQuery](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/data-replication). Obligatory remark that this is still in preview.

This should help quite a bit if you're working with data distributed across multiple BQ regions.

A couple of years ago, when facing the same task, I had to resort to setting up recurring BigQuery Transfer Service jobs to move data across regions.

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