diff --git a/config/config.msft.yaml b/config/config.msft.yaml
index a16d39c97..6e219352b 100644
--- a/config/config.msft.yaml
+++ b/config/config.msft.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ defaults:
     subscription: hcp-{{ .ctx.region }}
     manageTokenCustomRole: false
     region: uksouth
+    drRegion: ukwest # (TODO): change to actual region we want to use
     globalMSIName: "global-ev2-identity"
 
   # General AKS config
diff --git a/config/config.schema.json b/config/config.schema.json
index 071ec9dab..6469fcee9 100644
--- a/config/config.schema.json
+++ b/config/config.schema.json
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@
           "region": {
             "type": "string"
           },
+          "drRegion": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
           "globalMSIName": {
             "type": "string",
             "description": "The name of the MSI that will be used for ev2"
@@ -193,7 +196,8 @@
           "rg",
           "subscription",
           "manageTokenCustomRole",
-          "region"
+          "region",
+          "drRegion"
         ]
       },
       "hypershift": {
diff --git a/config/config.yaml b/config/config.yaml
index da3d3c365..0978ff9cd 100644
--- a/config/config.yaml
+++ b/config/config.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ defaults:
     subscription: ARO Hosted Control Planes (EA Subscription 1)
     manageTokenCustomRole: true
     region: westus3
+    drRegion: eastus2 # (TODO): change to actual region we want to use
     globalMSIName: "global-rollout-identity"
 
   # General AKS config
diff --git a/config/public-cloud-cs-pr.json b/config/public-cloud-cs-pr.json
index 5e56e7ed0..665e0beb7 100644
--- a/config/public-cloud-cs-pr.json
+++ b/config/public-cloud-cs-pr.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "imageTag": ""
   },
   "global": {
+    "drRegion": "eastus2",
     "globalMSIName": "global-rollout-identity",
     "manageTokenCustomRole": true,
     "region": "westus3",
diff --git a/config/public-cloud-dev.json b/config/public-cloud-dev.json
index 15f4ad119..b2c5c76d5 100644
--- a/config/public-cloud-dev.json
+++ b/config/public-cloud-dev.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "imageTag": ""
   },
   "global": {
+    "drRegion": "eastus2",
     "globalMSIName": "global-rollout-identity",
     "manageTokenCustomRole": true,
     "region": "westus3",
diff --git a/config/public-cloud-msft-int.json b/config/public-cloud-msft-int.json
index 5a07c2ce0..25d46fa48 100644
--- a/config/public-cloud-msft-int.json
+++ b/config/public-cloud-msft-int.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "imageTag": "0b3c08f"
   },
   "global": {
+    "drRegion": "ukwest",
     "globalMSIName": "global-ev2-identity",
     "manageTokenCustomRole": false,
     "region": "uksouth",
diff --git a/config/public-cloud-personal-dev.json b/config/public-cloud-personal-dev.json
index 9f845c5e7..a8736a6d8 100644
--- a/config/public-cloud-personal-dev.json
+++ b/config/public-cloud-personal-dev.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "imageTag": ""
   },
   "global": {
+    "drRegion": "eastus2",
     "globalMSIName": "global-rollout-identity",
     "manageTokenCustomRole": true,
     "region": "westus3",
diff --git a/dev-infrastructure/configurations/global-acr.tmpl.bicepparam b/dev-infrastructure/configurations/global-acr.tmpl.bicepparam
index 879a2976c..f24852c58 100644
--- a/dev-infrastructure/configurations/global-acr.tmpl.bicepparam
+++ b/dev-infrastructure/configurations/global-acr.tmpl.bicepparam
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ param ocpAcrName = '{{ .ocpAcrName }}'
 param ocpAcrSku = 'Premium'
 
 param location = '{{ .global.region }}'
+param replicaLocation = '{{ .global.drRegion }}'
+
diff --git a/dev-infrastructure/modules/acr/acr.bicep b/dev-infrastructure/modules/acr/acr.bicep
index 864562e39..d80663bf2 100644
--- a/dev-infrastructure/modules/acr/acr.bicep
+++ b/dev-infrastructure/modules/acr/acr.bicep
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ param acrName string
 @description('Location of the registry.')
 param location string = resourceGroup().location
 
+@description('Location of the registry\'s replica.')
+param replicaLocation string = ''
+
 @description('Service tier of the Azure Container Registry.')
 param acrSku string
 
@@ -39,6 +42,13 @@ resource acrResource 'Microsoft.ContainerRegistry/registries@2023-11-01-preview'
   }
 }
 
+resource acrReplicaResource 'Microsoft.ContainerRegistry/registries/replications@2023-11-01-preview' = if (replicaLocation != '') {
+  parent: acrResource
+  name: '${acrName}-replica'
+  location: replicaLocation
+  properties: {}
+}
+
 // Assign the AcrPull Role to the ${acrName}-pull-identity
 var acrPullRoleId = '7f951dda-4ed3-4680-a7ca-43fe172d538d'
 
diff --git a/dev-infrastructure/templates/global-acr.bicep b/dev-infrastructure/templates/global-acr.bicep
index 3c9a0bc05..4aeaa3b6a 100644
--- a/dev-infrastructure/templates/global-acr.bicep
+++ b/dev-infrastructure/templates/global-acr.bicep
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ param svcAcrName string
 param svcAcrSku string
 
 param location string
+param replicaLocation string
 
 module ocpAcr '../modules/acr/acr.bicep' = {
   name: ocpAcrName
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ module ocpAcr '../modules/acr/acr.bicep' = {
     acrName: ocpAcrName
     acrSku: ocpAcrSku
     location: location
+    replicaLocation: replicaLocation
   }
 }
 
@@ -25,5 +27,6 @@ module svcAcr '../modules/acr/acr.bicep' = {
     acrName: svcAcrName
     acrSku: svcAcrSku
     location: location
+    replicaLocation: replicaLocation
   }
 }
diff --git a/tooling/templatize/cmd/generate/options_test.go b/tooling/templatize/cmd/generate/options_test.go
index 0d518f460..0058414bb 100644
--- a/tooling/templatize/cmd/generate/options_test.go
+++ b/tooling/templatize/cmd/generate/options_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ func TestRawOptions(t *testing.T) {
 	opts := &RawGenerationOptions{
 		RolloutOptions: &options.RawRolloutOptions{
 			Region:      "uksouth",
+			DrRegion:    "ukwest",
 			RegionShort: "abcde",
 			Stamp:       "fghij",
 			BaseOptions: &options.RawOptions{
diff --git a/tooling/templatize/cmd/pipeline/inspect/options.go b/tooling/templatize/cmd/pipeline/inspect/options.go
index 774a43e18..0b7083db0 100644
--- a/tooling/templatize/cmd/pipeline/inspect/options.go
+++ b/tooling/templatize/cmd/pipeline/inspect/options.go
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ func (o *InspectOptions) RunInspect(ctx context.Context) error {
 		rolloutOptions.Region,
 		config.NewConfigReplacements(
 			rolloutOptions.Region,
+			rolloutOptions.DrRegion,
 			rolloutOptions.RegionShort,
 			rolloutOptions.Stamp,
 		),
diff --git a/tooling/templatize/cmd/pipeline/run/options.go b/tooling/templatize/cmd/pipeline/run/options.go
index 5a866f37c..1818fa2be 100644
--- a/tooling/templatize/cmd/pipeline/run/options.go
+++ b/tooling/templatize/cmd/pipeline/run/options.go
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ func (o *RunOptions) RunPipeline(ctx context.Context) error {
 		rolloutOptions.Region,
 		config.NewConfigReplacements(
 			rolloutOptions.Region,
+			rolloutOptions.DrRegion,
 			rolloutOptions.RegionShort,
 			rolloutOptions.Stamp,
 		),
diff --git a/tooling/templatize/cmd/rolloutoptions.go b/tooling/templatize/cmd/rolloutoptions.go
index c5bd75091..8540068a5 100644
--- a/tooling/templatize/cmd/rolloutoptions.go
+++ b/tooling/templatize/cmd/rolloutoptions.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ func NewRolloutOptions(config config.Variables) *RolloutOptions {
 func EV2RolloutOptions() *RawRolloutOptions {
 	return &RawRolloutOptions{
 		Region:      "$location()",
+		DrRegion:    "$(drRegion)",
 		RegionShort: "$(regionShort)",
 		Stamp:       "$stamp()",
 	}
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ func BindRolloutOptions(opts *RawRolloutOptions, cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to bind options: %w", err)
 	}
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.Region, "region", opts.Region, "resources location")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.Region, "dr-region", opts.DrRegion, "disaster recovery location")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.RegionShort, "region-short", opts.RegionShort, "short region string")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.Stamp, "stamp", opts.Stamp, "stamp")
 	cmd.Flags().StringToStringVar(&opts.ExtraVars, "extra-args", opts.ExtraVars, "Extra arguments to be used config templating")
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ func BindRolloutOptions(opts *RawRolloutOptions, cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 // RawRolloutOptions holds input values.
 type RawRolloutOptions struct {
 	Region      string
+	DrRegion    string
 	RegionShort string
 	Stamp       string
 	ExtraVars   map[string]string
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ func (o *ValidatedRolloutOptions) Complete() (*RolloutOptions, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	variables, err := completed.ConfigProvider.GetVariables(o.Cloud, o.DeployEnv, o.Region, config.NewConfigReplacements(o.Region, o.RegionShort, o.Stamp))
+	variables, err := completed.ConfigProvider.GetVariables(o.Cloud, o.DeployEnv, o.Region, config.NewConfigReplacements(o.Region, o.DrRegion, o.RegionShort, o.Stamp))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get variables: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/tooling/templatize/pkg/config/config.go b/tooling/templatize/pkg/config/config.go
index 1ea492b53..9bbc881b0 100644
--- a/tooling/templatize/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/tooling/templatize/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func DefaultConfigReplacements() *ConfigReplacements {
-	return NewConfigReplacements("", "", "")
+	return NewConfigReplacements("", "", "", "")
 }
 
-func NewConfigReplacements(regionReplacement, regionShortReplacement, stampReplacement string) *ConfigReplacements {
+func NewConfigReplacements(regionReplacement, drRegionReplacement, regionShortReplacement, stampReplacement string) *ConfigReplacements {
 	return &ConfigReplacements{
 		RegionReplacement:      regionReplacement,
+		DrRegionReplacement:    drRegionReplacement,
 		RegionShortReplacement: regionShortReplacement,
 		StampReplacement:       stampReplacement,
 	}
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ func NewConfigReplacements(regionReplacement, regionShortReplacement, stampRepla
 
 type ConfigReplacements struct {
 	RegionReplacement      string
+	DrRegionReplacement    string
 	RegionShortReplacement string
 	StampReplacement       string
 }
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ func (c *ConfigReplacements) AsMap() map[string]interface{} {
 	return map[string]interface{}{
 		"ctx": map[string]interface{}{
 			"region":      c.RegionReplacement,
+			"drRegion":    c.DrRegionReplacement,
 			"regionShort": c.RegionShortReplacement,
 			"stamp":       c.StampReplacement,
 		},
diff --git a/tooling/templatize/pkg/config/config_test.go b/tooling/templatize/pkg/config/config_test.go
index e999ec7db..3617bbdf4 100644
--- a/tooling/templatize/pkg/config/config_test.go
+++ b/tooling/templatize/pkg/config/config_test.go
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ import (
 
 func TestConfigProvider(t *testing.T) {
 	region := "uksouth"
+	drRegion := "ukwest"
 	regionShort := "uks"
 	stamp := "1"
 
 	configProvider := NewConfigProvider("../../testdata/config.yaml")
 
-	variables, err := configProvider.GetVariables("public", "int", region, NewConfigReplacements(region, regionShort, stamp))
+	variables, err := configProvider.GetVariables("public", "int", region, NewConfigReplacements(region, drRegion, regionShort, stamp))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.NotNil(t, variables)
 
diff --git a/tooling/templatize/pkg/ev2/utils.go b/tooling/templatize/pkg/ev2/utils.go
index 5b4e74c7b..8de15b608 100644
--- a/tooling/templatize/pkg/ev2/utils.go
+++ b/tooling/templatize/pkg/ev2/utils.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 func NewEv2ConfigReplacements() *config.ConfigReplacements {
 	return config.NewConfigReplacements(
 		"$location()",
+		"$(drRegion)",
 		"$(regionShortName)",
 		"$stamp()",
 	)
diff --git a/tooling/templatize/pkg/pipeline/common_test.go b/tooling/templatize/pkg/pipeline/common_test.go
index 7b5d15b65..284fa3b77 100644
--- a/tooling/templatize/pkg/pipeline/common_test.go
+++ b/tooling/templatize/pkg/pipeline/common_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestDeepCopy(t *testing.T) {
 	configProvider := config.NewConfigProvider("../../testdata/config.yaml")
-	vars, err := configProvider.GetVariables("public", "int", "", config.NewConfigReplacements("r", "sr", "s"))
+	vars, err := configProvider.GetVariables("public", "int", "", config.NewConfigReplacements("r", "dr", "sr", "s"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("failed to get variables: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestDeepCopy(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestAbsoluteFilePath(t *testing.T) {
 	configProvider := config.NewConfigProvider("../../testdata/config.yaml")
-	vars, err := configProvider.GetVariables("public", "int", "", config.NewConfigReplacements("r", "sr", "s"))
+	vars, err := configProvider.GetVariables("public", "int", "", config.NewConfigReplacements("r", "dr", "sr", "s"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("failed to get variables: %v", err)
 	}