diff --git a/src/js/mock/managementClientMSWHandlers.ts b/src/js/mock/managementClientMSWHandlers.ts
index f02b6a7b7..1cefd7873 100644
--- a/src/js/mock/managementClientMSWHandlers.ts
+++ b/src/js/mock/managementClientMSWHandlers.ts
@@ -144,17 +144,22 @@ export const LOCATIONS = {
     name: 'ring-nick',
     objectId: '99a06f79-c62c-11ec-b993-7e8a0ab79998',
   },
-  'us-east-1': {
-    isBuiltin: true,
-    locationType: 'location-file-v1',
-    name: 'us-east-1',
-    objectId: '95dbedf5-9888-11ec-8565-1ac2af7d1e53',
-  },
   [azureblobstorage]: {
     locationType: 'location-azure-v1',
     name: azureblobstorage,
     details: {},
   },
+  'us-east-1': {
+    details: {
+      bootstrapList: [
+        'artesca-storage-service-hdservice-proxy.xcore.svc:18888',
+      ],
+      repoId: null,
+    },
+    locationType: 'location-scality-hdclient-v2',
+    name: 'us-east-1',
+    objectId: '22f31240-4bd3-11ee-98b3-1e5b6f897bc7',
+  },
 };
 
 export const ENDPOINTS = [
diff --git a/src/react/locations/LocationEditor.tsx b/src/react/locations/LocationEditor.tsx
index cda25f64d..791acd682 100644
--- a/src/react/locations/LocationEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/react/locations/LocationEditor.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ function LocationEditor() {
   } = useAccountsLocationsAndEndpoints({
     accountsLocationsEndpointsAdapter,
   });
-  const locationEditing = accountsLocationsAndEndpoints?.locations.find(
+  const locations = accountsLocationsAndEndpoints?.locations;
+  const locationEditing = locations?.find(
     (location) => location.name === locationName,
   );
   const capabilities = useSelector(
@@ -73,9 +74,13 @@ function LocationEditor() {
     convertToForm({ ...newLocationDetails(), ...locationEditing }),
   );
   const selectOptions = useMemo(() => {
-    //@ts-expect-error fix this when you are working on it
-    return selectStorageOptions(capabilities, makeLabel, !editingExisting);
-  }, [capabilities, editingExisting]);
+    return selectStorageOptions(
+      capabilities,
+      locations,
+      makeLabel,
+      !editingExisting,
+    );
+  }, [capabilities, editingExisting, locations]);
   useMemo(() => {
     if (locationEditing) {
       setLocation(convertToForm(locationEditing));
diff --git a/src/react/locations/LocationsList.tsx b/src/react/locations/LocationsList.tsx
index 53786f53f..7255accf0 100644
--- a/src/react/locations/LocationsList.tsx
+++ b/src/react/locations/LocationsList.tsx
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ const ActionButtons = ({
     );
   };
 
+  const isEditButtonDisabled =
+    rowValues.isBuiltin || rowValues.type === 'location-scality-hdclient-v2';
+
   return (
     <div>
       <DeleteConfirmation
@@ -165,11 +168,18 @@ const ActionButtons = ({
             onClick={() => history.push(`/locations/${locationName}/edit`)}
             type="button"
             aria-label="Edit Location"
-            tooltip={{
-              overlay: 'Edit Location',
-              placement: 'top',
-            }}
-            disabled={rowValues.isBuiltin}
+            tooltip={
+              isEditButtonDisabled
+                ? {
+                    overlay: 'Edit Location is disabled for this location',
+                    placement: 'top',
+                  }
+                : {
+                    overlay: 'Edit Location',
+                    placement: 'top',
+                  }
+            }
+            disabled={isEditButtonDisabled}
           />
           <Button
             size="inline"
diff --git a/src/react/locations/__tests__/LocationEditor.test.tsx b/src/react/locations/__tests__/LocationEditor.test.tsx
index 27f7e840c..d837c587f 100644
--- a/src/react/locations/__tests__/LocationEditor.test.tsx
+++ b/src/react/locations/__tests__/LocationEditor.test.tsx
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@ import LocationEditor from '../LocationEditor';
 
 import {
   fireEvent,
+  render,
   screen,
+  waitFor,
   waitForElementToBeRemoved,
 } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { notFalsyTypeGuard } from '../../../types/typeGuards';
 import {
   TEST_API_BASE_URL,
+  Wrapper,
   mockOffsetSize,
   reduxRender,
   selectClick,
@@ -17,6 +20,7 @@ import { setupServer } from 'msw/node';
 import { getConfigOverlay } from '../../../js/mock/managementClientMSWHandlers';
 import { INSTANCE_ID } from '../../actions/__tests__/utils/testUtil';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import { rest } from 'msw';
 
 const server = setupServer(getConfigOverlay(TEST_API_BASE_URL, INSTANCE_ID));
 
@@ -45,13 +49,11 @@ describe('LocationEditor', () => {
     );
     await selectClick(selector);
     await userEvent.keyboard('{arrowup}');
-
     expect(
       container.querySelector('.sc-select__option--is-focused')?.textContent,
-    ).toBe('Storage Service for ARTESCA');
+    ).toBe('Scality ARTESCA S3');
 
     [
-      'Scality ARTESCA S3',
       'Scality RING with S3 Connector',
       'Amazon S3',
       'Google Cloud Storage',
@@ -69,4 +71,43 @@ describe('LocationEditor', () => {
       ).toBe(locationName);
     });
   });
+  const selectors = {
+    loadingLocation: () => screen.getByText('Loading location...'),
+    locationType: () => screen.getByLabelText(/location type \*/i),
+  };
+
+  it('should hide the artesca storage service if it is already created', async () => {
+    //S
+    server.use(
+      rest.get(
+        `${TEST_API_BASE_URL}/api/v1/config/overlay/view/${INSTANCE_ID}`,
+        (_, res, ctx) =>
+          res(
+            ctx.json({
+              locations: {
+                'us-east-2': {
+                  details: {
+                    bootstrapList: [
+                      'artesca-storage-service-hdservice-proxy.xcore.svc:18888',
+                    ],
+                    repoId: null,
+                  },
+                  locationType: 'location-scality-hdclient-v2',
+                  name: 'us-east-2',
+                  objectId: '22f31240-4bd3-11ee-98b3-1e5b6f897bc7',
+                },
+              },
+            }),
+          ),
+      ),
+    );
+    render(<LocationEditor />, { wrapper: Wrapper });
+    await waitForElementToBeRemoved(() => selectors.loadingLocation());
+    //E
+    selectClick(selectors.locationType());
+    //V
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.queryByText('Storage Service for ARTESCA')).toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/react/locations/__tests__/LocationList.test.tsx b/src/react/locations/__tests__/LocationList.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27ed87e32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/react/locations/__tests__/LocationList.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import {
+  screen,
+  waitFor,
+  waitForElementToBeRemoved,
+  within,
+} from '@testing-library/react';
+import { setupServer } from 'msw/node';
+import { rest } from 'msw';
+import {
+  getConfigOverlay,
+  getStorageConsumptionMetricsHandlers,
+} from '../../../js/mock/managementClientMSWHandlers';
+import {
+  TEST_API_BASE_URL,
+  mockOffsetSize,
+  renderWithRouterMatch,
+  zenkoUITestConfig,
+} from '../../utils/testUtil';
+import { INSTANCE_ID } from '../../actions/__tests__/utils/testUtil';
+import { LocationsList } from '../LocationsList';
+
+const server = setupServer(
+  getConfigOverlay(TEST_API_BASE_URL, INSTANCE_ID),
+  ...getStorageConsumptionMetricsHandlers(
+    zenkoUITestConfig.managementEndpoint,
+    INSTANCE_ID,
+  ),
+  rest.get(
+    `${TEST_API_BASE_URL}/api/v1/instance/${INSTANCE_ID}/status`,
+    (req, res, ctx) => res(ctx.json({})),
+  ),
+);
+
+describe('LocationList', () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    jest.setTimeout(30_000);
+    mockOffsetSize(500, 100);
+    server.listen({ onUnhandledRequest: 'error' });
+  });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    server.resetHandlers();
+  });
+  afterAll(() => {
+    server.close();
+  });
+  it('should disable the delete button for default location', async () => {
+    //S
+    renderWithRouterMatch(<LocationsList />);
+    //E
+    await waitForElementToBeRemoved(() => [
+      ...screen.queryAllByText(/Loading/i),
+    ]);
+    const defaultArtescaLocationRow = screen.getByRole('row', {
+      name: /us-east-1 Storage Service for ARTESCA/i,
+    });
+    //V
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(
+        within(defaultArtescaLocationRow).getByRole('button', {
+          name: /Edit Location/i,
+        }),
+      ).toBeDisabled();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/react/utils/storageOptions.ts b/src/react/utils/storageOptions.ts
index e77058ce7..81457db5c 100644
--- a/src/react/utils/storageOptions.ts
+++ b/src/react/utils/storageOptions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { InstanceStateSnapshot } from '../../types/stats';
+import type { Capabilities, InstanceStateSnapshot } from '../../types/stats';
 import type {
   LabelFunction,
   StorageOptionSelect,
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   JAGUAR_S3_ENDPOINT,
   JAGUAR_S3_LOCATION_KEY,
   Location as LegacyLocation,
-  Locations,
   ORANGE_S3_ENDPOINT,
   ORANGE_S3_LOCATION_KEY,
   OUTSCALE_PUBLIC_S3_ENDPOINT,
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ import { LocationForm } from '../../types/location';
 import { Location } from '../next-architecture/domain/entities/location';
 import { LocationInfo } from '../next-architecture/adapters/accounts-locations/ILocationsAdapter';
 import { LocationV1 } from '../../js/managementClient/api';
+
 export function checkSupportsReplicationTarget(
   locations: LocationInfo[],
 ): boolean {
@@ -104,12 +104,19 @@ export const getLocationTypeShort = (
 };
 
 export function selectStorageOptions(
-  capabilities: Pick<InstanceStateSnapshot, 'capabilities'>,
+  capabilities: Capabilities,
+  locations?: LocationInfo[],
   labelFn?: LabelFunction,
   exceptHidden = true,
 ): Array<StorageOptionSelect> {
+  const hdLocation = locations?.find(
+    (l) => l.type === LocationV1.LocationTypeEnum.ScalityHdclientV2,
+  );
   return Object.keys(storageOptions)
     .filter((o) => {
+      if (hdLocation && o === 'location-scality-hdclient-v2') {
+        return false;
+      }
       if (exceptHidden) {
         const hidden = !!storageOptions[o].hidden;
 
diff --git a/src/react/workflow/__tests__/TransitionForm.test.tsx b/src/react/workflow/__tests__/TransitionForm.test.tsx
index 15bd25d5d..9d2989451 100644
--- a/src/react/workflow/__tests__/TransitionForm.test.tsx
+++ b/src/react/workflow/__tests__/TransitionForm.test.tsx
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ describe('TransitionForm', () => {
     await waitFor(() =>
       screen.getByRole('option', {
         name: new RegExp(
-          `${notVersionedBucket} \\(us-east-1 / Local Filesystem \\)`,
+          `${notVersionedBucket} \\(us-east-1 / Storage Service \\)`,
           'i',
         ),
       }),
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ describe('TransitionForm', () => {
     await userEvent.click(
       screen.getByRole('option', {
         name: new RegExp(
-          `${notVersionedBucket} \\(us-east-1 / Local Filesystem \\)`,
+          `${notVersionedBucket} \\(us-east-1 / Storage Service \\)`,
           'i',
         ),
       }),
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ describe('TransitionForm', () => {
     await waitFor(() =>
       screen.getByRole('option', {
         name: new RegExp(
-          `${versionedBucket} \\(us-east-1 / Local Filesystem \\)`,
+          `${versionedBucket} \\(us-east-1 / Storage Service \\)`,
           'i',
         ),
       }),
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ describe('TransitionForm', () => {
     await userEvent.click(
       screen.getByRole('option', {
         name: new RegExp(
-          `${versionedBucket} \\(us-east-1 / Local Filesystem \\)`,
+          `${versionedBucket} \\(us-east-1 / Storage Service \\)`,
           'i',
         ),
       }),
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ describe('TransitionForm', () => {
     await waitFor(() =>
       screen.getByRole('option', {
         name: new RegExp(
-          `${notVersionedBucket} \\(us-east-1 / Local Filesystem \\)`,
+          `${notVersionedBucket} \\(us-east-1 / Storage Service \\)`,
           'i',
         ),
       }),
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ describe('TransitionForm', () => {
     await userEvent.click(
       screen.getByRole('option', {
         name: new RegExp(
-          `${notVersionedBucket} \\(us-east-1 / Local Filesystem \\)`,
+          `${notVersionedBucket} \\(us-east-1 / Storage Service \\)`,
           'i',
         ),
       }),
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ describe('TransitionForm', () => {
     await waitFor(() =>
       screen.getByRole('option', {
         name: new RegExp(
-          `${notVersionedBucket} \\(us-east-1 / Local Filesystem \\)`,
+          `${notVersionedBucket} \\(us-east-1 / Storage Service \\)`,
           'i',
         ),
       }),
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ describe('TransitionForm', () => {
     await userEvent.click(
       screen.getByRole('option', {
         name: new RegExp(
-          `${notVersionedBucket} \\(us-east-1 / Local Filesystem \\)`,
+          `${notVersionedBucket} \\(us-east-1 / Storage Service \\)`,
           'i',
         ),
       }),
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ describe('TransitionForm', () => {
     userEvent.click(
       screen.getByRole('option', {
         name: new RegExp(
-          `${versionedBucket} \\(us-east-1 / Local Filesystem \\)`,
+          `${versionedBucket} \\(us-east-1 / Storage Service \\)`,
           'i',
         ),
       }),
diff --git a/src/types/stats.ts b/src/types/stats.ts
index 80b8368c5..8e9f59c33 100644
--- a/src/types/stats.ts
+++ b/src/types/stats.ts
@@ -72,22 +72,23 @@ export type MetricsUnit = {
   'crr-schedule'?: CrrScheduleUnit;
   'ingest-schedule'?: IngestScheduleUnit;
 };
+export type Capabilities = {
+  readonly locationTypeCephRadosGW: boolean;
+  readonly locationTypeDigitalOcean: boolean;
+  readonly locationTypeHyperdriveV2: boolean;
+  readonly locationTypeLocal: boolean;
+  readonly locationTypeNFS: boolean;
+  readonly locationTypeS3Custom: boolean;
+  readonly locationTypeSproxyd: boolean;
+  readonly managedLifecycle: boolean;
+  readonly managedLifecycleTransition: boolean;
+  readonly preferredReadLocation: boolean;
+  readonly s3cIngestLocation: boolean;
+  readonly secureChannel: boolean;
+  readonly secureChannelOptimizedPath: boolean;
+};
 export type InstanceStateSnapshot = {
-  readonly capabilities: {
-    readonly locationTypeCephRadosGW: boolean;
-    readonly locationTypeDigitalOcean: boolean;
-    readonly locationTypeHyperdriveV2: boolean;
-    readonly locationTypeLocal: boolean;
-    readonly locationTypeNFS: boolean;
-    readonly locationTypeS3Custom: boolean;
-    readonly locationTypeSproxyd: boolean;
-    readonly managedLifecycle: boolean;
-    readonly managedLifecycleTransition: boolean;
-    readonly preferredReadLocation: boolean;
-    readonly s3cIngestLocation: boolean;
-    readonly secureChannel: boolean;
-    readonly secureChannelOptimizedPath: boolean;
-  };
+  readonly capabilities: Capabilities;
   readonly latestConfigurationOverlay: ConfigurationOverlay;
   readonly runningConfigurationVersion: number;
   readonly lastSeen: string;