diff --git a/modules/bigquery-dataset/variables.tf b/modules/bigquery-dataset/variables.tf
index 5deb2d24c7..d546365c43 100644
--- a/modules/bigquery-dataset/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/bigquery-dataset/variables.tf
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ variable "labels" {
 variable "location" {
   description = "Dataset location."
   type        = string
-  default     = "EU"
+  default     = null
 }
 
 variable "materialized_views" {
diff --git a/modules/container-registry/README.md b/modules/container-registry/README.md
index a5748e2aeb..4ad5b01a15 100644
--- a/modules/container-registry/README.md
+++ b/modules/container-registry/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This module simplifies the creation of GCS buckets used by Google Container Regi
 module "container_registry" {
   source     = "./fabric/modules/container-registry"
   project_id = "myproject"
-  location   = "EU"
+  location   = var.region
   iam = {
     "roles/storage.admin" = ["group:cicd@example.com"]
   }
diff --git a/modules/container-registry/variables.tf b/modules/container-registry/variables.tf
index 9a5709e967..8855bae5d9 100644
--- a/modules/container-registry/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/container-registry/variables.tf
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ variable "iam" {
 variable "location" {
   description = "Registry location. Can be US, EU, ASIA or empty."
   type        = string
-  default     = ""
+  default     = null
 }
 
 variable "project_id" {
diff --git a/modules/data-catalog-policy-tag/variables.tf b/modules/data-catalog-policy-tag/variables.tf
index af06cd30b7..4c340879f8 100644
--- a/modules/data-catalog-policy-tag/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/data-catalog-policy-tag/variables.tf
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ variable "description" {
 variable "location" {
   description = "Data Catalog Taxonomy location."
   type        = string
-  default     = "eu"
+  default     = null
 }
 
 variable "name" {
diff --git a/modules/gcs/README.md b/modules/gcs/README.md
index 539d82ce6a..0df4b0e39c 100644
--- a/modules/gcs/README.md
+++ b/modules/gcs/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module "kms" {
   source     = "./fabric/modules/kms"
   project_id = var.project_id
   keyring = {
-    location = "europe" # location of the KMS must match location of the bucket
+    location = "var.location" # location of the KMS must match location of the bucket
     name     = "test"
   }
   keys = {
diff --git a/modules/gcs/variables.tf b/modules/gcs/variables.tf
index de8a6abd83..cd0d9e6cbe 100644
--- a/modules/gcs/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/gcs/variables.tf
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ variable "lifecycle_rules" {
 variable "location" {
   description = "Bucket location."
   type        = string
-  default     = "EU"
+  default     = null
 }
 
 variable "logging_config" {