Research report·31 October 2025

Data Residency Compliance Challenges and Organisational Responsibility

The report is based on data collected from the 30th edition of the Developer Nation survey edition of the Developer Nation survey, a large-scale, online developer survey that was designed, hosted, and fielded by SlashData over a period of ten weeks between June 2025 and July 2025.

Questions this report answers

How many backend developers are involved in data residency compliance?

How does the proportion of developers involved in data residency compliance differ between regions?

What are the leading challenges developers face with data residency compliance?

How does the size of the organisation developers work for impact their data residency compliance challenges?

In organisations, who is responsible for different aspects of data residency compliance?

When developing data residency compliance tooling, how do different regions structure their delegation of tasks?

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Methodology

This report provides an examination of how organisations are coping with data residency compliance in practice. It explores the primary challenges developers face when building compliant services, how these challenges vary by region and organisation size, and where responsibility for compliance tasks falls within organisations. The analysis reveals significant regional differences in both the nature of compliance challenges and how organisations structure accountability, offering insights for how cloud service providers (CSPs) should design their compliance offerings and which capabilities matter most to customers in different markets.

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