# Tenants & Region

## Tenant

`Tenants` (also called Projects in API) represent the base unit of `ownership` in <code class="expression">space.vars.product\_name</code>, in that all resources in <code class="expression">space.vars.product\_name</code> are owned by a specific tenant. A tenant itself must be owned by a specific domain, and hence all tenant names are **not** globally unique, but unique to their domain. If the domain for a tenant is not specified during creation, then it is added to the `default` domain.

## Region

A region generally represents a physical location, such as a data center, where your compute resources are physically located.

Regions are deployed during your Platform9 onboarding and initial setup. To add more Regions to your cloud, connect with your Platform9 Solutions Engineer or Support contact.

### Infra Region

When you create a multi-region deployment of <code class="expression">space.vars.product\_name</code>, an internal or systems region named `Infra` is provisioned behind the scenes and used to host the <code class="expression">space.vars.product\_name</code> identity service (Keystone). This region will not be visible or accessible when using <code class="expression">space.vars.product\_name</code> UI. However, you will see this region in a multi-region deployment when using OpenStack CLI.

When you are deploying a self-hosted installation of <code class="expression">space.vars.product\_name</code>, the internal `Infra` region is always required.