SQL Azure Inter Geographic Data-Center Transfer Pricing

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We all know that the data transfer from Azure to SQL Azure is free, but data access from non Azure Data-Center is charged(per Gigabytes).

Is the Data transfer from Inter Azure Data Centers also free...?

i.e. : Azure from EUROPE Data-Center and SQL Azure from Asia Data-Center : Is this also free?

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2 Answers

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I think they are not free.

Following the Microsoft explanation:

Data transfers measured in GB (transmissions to and from the Windows Azure datacenter): Data transfers are charged based on the total amount of data going in and out of the Azure services via the internet in a given billing period. Data transfers within a sub region are free.

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It is not free.

Our company has servers and databases in both US North and US South datacenters and we are charged for any SQL Azure bandwidth sent between the two.