diff --git a/examples/dataresidency/setregion.java b/examples/dataresidency/setregion.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5dc42150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/dataresidency/setregion.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+import com.sendgrid.*;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Set data residency to navigate to a region/edge.
+// Currently supported: "global", "eu"
+
+
+public class Example {
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+    try {
+
+      final Mail helloWorld = buildHelloEmail();
+
+      Request request = new Request();
+      request.setEndpoint("mail/send");
+      request.setBody(helloWorld.build());
+      request.setMethod(Method.POST);
+
+      // sending to global data residency
+      Sendgrid sg = buildSendgridObj("global");
+      Response response = sg.api(request);
+      System.out.println("Sending to hostname: " + sg.getHost());
+      System.out.println(response.getStatusCode());
+      System.out.println(response.getBody());
+      System.out.println(response.getHeaders());
+
+      // sending to EU data residency
+      Sendgrid sg = buildSendgridObj("eu");
+      Response response = sg.api(request);
+      System.out.println("Sending to hostname: " + sg.getHost());
+      System.out.println(response.getStatusCode());
+      System.out.println(response.getBody());
+      System.out.println(response.getHeaders());
+
+      // not configuring any region defaults to global
+      Sendgrid sg = new SendGrid(System.getenv("SENDGRID_API_KEY"));
+      Response response = sg.api(request);
+      System.out.println("Sending to hostname: " + sg.getHost());
+      System.out.println(response.getStatusCode());
+      System.out.println(response.getBody());
+      System.out.println(response.getHeaders());
+
+    } catch (IOException ex) {
+      throw ex;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static Mail buildHelloEmail() {
+    Email from = new Email("test@example.com");
+    String subject = "Hello World from the Twilio SendGrid Java Library";
+    Email to = new Email("test@example.com");
+    Content content = new Content("text/plain", "some text here");
+    // Note that when you use this constructor an initial personalization object
+    // is created for you. It can be accessed via
+    // mail.personalization.get(0) as it is a List object
+    Mail mail = new Mail(from, subject, to, content);
+    Email email = new Email("test2@example.com");
+    mail.personalization.get(0).addTo(email);
+
+    return mail;
+  }
+
+  public static Sendgrid buildSendgridObj(String region){
+    SendGrid sg = new SendGrid(System.getenv("SENDGRID_API_KEY"));
+    sg.setDataResidency(region);
+    return sg;
+
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sendgrid/BaseInterface.java b/src/main/java/com/sendgrid/BaseInterface.java
index 0a812c19..bef1814f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sendgrid/BaseInterface.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sendgrid/BaseInterface.java
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ public abstract class BaseInterface implements SendGridAPI {
   private static final int RATE_LIMIT_RESPONSE_CODE = 429;
   private static final int THREAD_POOL_SIZE = 8;
 
+  private static final Map<String, String> allowedRegionsHostMap;
+  static {
+    //todo: change this to Map.of() when we've moved on from Java 8
+    allowedRegionsHostMap = new HashMap<>();
+    allowedRegionsHostMap.put("eu", "api.eu.sendgrid.com");
+    allowedRegionsHostMap.put("global", "api.sendgrid.com");
+  }
   private ExecutorService pool;
 
   /**
@@ -336,4 +343,22 @@ public void run() {
       }
     });
   }
+
+  /*
+  * Client libraries contain setters for specifying region/edge.
+  * This allows support global and eu regions only. This set will likely expand in the future.
+  * Global should be the default
+  * Global region means the message should be sent through:
+  * HTTP: api.sendgrid.com
+  * EU region means the message should be sent through:
+  * HTTP: api.eu.sendgrid.com
+*/
+  public void setDataResidency(String region){
+      if (allowedRegionsHostMap.containsKey(region)){
+        this.host = allowedRegionsHostMap.get(region);
+      }
+      else{
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("region can only be \"eu\" or \"global\"");
+      }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/sendgrid/SendGridTest.java b/src/test/java/com/sendgrid/SendGridTest.java
index 2ac11fdb..00f66799 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/sendgrid/SendGridTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/sendgrid/SendGridTest.java
@@ -3242,4 +3242,50 @@ public void test_request_headers_override_sendgrid_object_headers() throws IOExc
     sg.api(request);
     verify(client).api(argThat((Request req) -> req.getHeaders().get("set-on-both").equals("456")));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSetResidency_happy_path_eu() {
+    SendGrid sg = new SendGrid(SENDGRID_API_KEY);
+    sg.setDataResidency("eu");
+    Assert.assertEquals(sg.getHost(), "api.eu.sendgrid.com");
+  }
+  @Test
+  public void testSetResidency_happy_path_global() {
+    SendGrid sg = new SendGrid(SENDGRID_API_KEY);
+    sg.setDataResidency("global");
+    Assert.assertEquals(sg.getHost(), "api.sendgrid.com");
+  }
+
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSetResidency_override_host() {
+    SendGrid sg = new SendGrid(SENDGRID_API_KEY);
+    sg.setHost("api.new.com");
+    sg.setDataResidency("eu");
+    Assert.assertEquals(sg.getHost(), "api.eu.sendgrid.com");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testsetResidency_override_data_residency() {
+    SendGrid sg = new SendGrid(SENDGRID_API_KEY);
+    sg.setDataResidency("eu");
+    sg.setHost("api.new.com");
+    Assert.assertEquals(sg.getHost(), "api.new.com");
+  }
+
+  @Test (expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+  public void testsetResidency_incorrect_region() {
+    SendGrid sg = new SendGrid(SENDGRID_API_KEY);
+    sg.setDataResidency("foo");
+  }
+  @Test (expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+  public void testsetResidency_null_region(){
+    SendGrid sg = new SendGrid(SENDGRID_API_KEY);
+    sg.setDataResidency("");
+  }
+  @Test
+  public void testsetResidency_default_region() {
+    SendGrid sg = new SendGrid(SENDGRID_API_KEY);
+    Assert.assertEquals(sg.getHost(), "api.sendgrid.com");
+  }
 }