diff --git a/vpc/main.tf b/vpc/main.tf
index ade85af..addac63 100644
--- a/vpc/main.tf
+++ b/vpc/main.tf
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 locals {
   account_id          = var.account_id != "" ? var.account_id : data.aws_caller_identity.current.account_id
   account_environment = data.aws_arn.current.partition == "aws-us-gov" ? "gov" : "ew"
+  region              = data.aws_region.current.name
+  region_short        = join("", [for c in split("-", local.region) : substr(c, 0, 1)])
 
   base_tags = {
     "boc:tf_module_version" = local._module_version