# A New Region and API for the Realtime Database

DevFeed: [A New Region and API for the Realtime Database](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-new-region-and-api-for-the-realtime-database-16371.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://firebase.blog/posts/2020/11/realtime-database-region-and-api>)

Author: Jamie Niemasik

Published: 2020-11-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Firebase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/firebase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Realtime Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/realtime-database.md>), [Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [europe](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/europe.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [launch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/launch.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [realtime-database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/realtime-database.md>), [rest](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rest.md>), [updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/updates.md>)

## AI overview

Firebase launched two beta features for Realtime Database: a Belgium region and a management API. The API supports listing, creating, updating, deleting, disabling, and re-enabling database instances.

## Source excerpt

News, tutorials, and updates from the Firebase team.