diff --git a/packages/rivetkit/src/drivers/engine/actor-driver.ts b/packages/rivetkit/src/drivers/engine/actor-driver.ts
index 10e7fd514..2ea53317e 100644
--- a/packages/rivetkit/src/drivers/engine/actor-driver.ts
+++ b/packages/rivetkit/src/drivers/engine/actor-driver.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type {
+	ActorConfig as EngineActorConfig,
 	RunnerConfig as EngineRunnerConfig,
-	ActorConfig as RunnerActorConfig,
 } from "@rivetkit/engine-runner";
 import { Runner } from "@rivetkit/engine-runner";
 import * as cbor from "cbor-x";
@@ -232,20 +232,20 @@ export class EngineActorDriver implements ActorDriver {
 	async #runnerOnActorStart(
 		actorId: string,
 		generation: number,
-		runConfig: RunnerActorConfig,
+		actorConfig: EngineActorConfig,
 	): Promise<void> {
 		logger().debug({
 			msg: "runner actor starting",
 			actorId,
-			name: runConfig.name,
-			key: runConfig.key,
+			name: actorConfig.name,
+			key: actorConfig.key,
 			generation,
 		});
 
 		// Deserialize input
 		let input: any;
-		if (runConfig.input) {
-			input = cbor.decode(runConfig.input);
+		if (actorConfig.input) {
+			input = cbor.decode(actorConfig.input);
 		}
 
 		// Get or create handler
@@ -258,12 +258,12 @@ export class EngineActorDriver implements ActorDriver {
 			this.#actors.set(actorId, handler);
 		}
 
-		const name = runConfig.name as string;
-		invariant(runConfig.key, "actor should have a key");
-		const key = deserializeActorKey(runConfig.key);
+		const name = actorConfig.name as string;
+		invariant(actorConfig.key, "actor should have a key");
+		const key = deserializeActorKey(actorConfig.key);
 
 		// Create actor instance
-		const definition = lookupInRegistry(this.#registryConfig, runConfig.name);
+		const definition = lookupInRegistry(this.#registryConfig, actorConfig.name);
 		handler.actor = definition.instantiate();
 
 		// Start actor
diff --git a/packages/rivetkit/src/manager-api/actors.ts b/packages/rivetkit/src/manager-api/actors.ts
index 7c145171e..8bdbdce33 100644
--- a/packages/rivetkit/src/manager-api/actors.ts
+++ b/packages/rivetkit/src/manager-api/actors.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export type ActorsListResponse = z.infer<typeof ActorsListResponseSchema>;
 
 // MARK: POST /actors
 export const ActorsCreateRequestSchema = z.object({
+	datacenter: z.string().optional(),
 	name: z.string(),
 	runner_name_selector: z.string(),
 	crash_policy: z.string(),
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ export type ActorsCreateResponse = z.infer<typeof ActorsCreateResponseSchema>;
 
 // MARK: PUT /actors
 export const ActorsGetOrCreateRequestSchema = z.object({
+	datacenter: z.string().optional(),
 	name: z.string(),
 	key: z.string(),
 	runner_name_selector: z.string(),
diff --git a/packages/rivetkit/src/remote-manager-driver/mod.ts b/packages/rivetkit/src/remote-manager-driver/mod.ts
index 2821ac325..651bbf5d6 100644
--- a/packages/rivetkit/src/remote-manager-driver/mod.ts
+++ b/packages/rivetkit/src/remote-manager-driver/mod.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ export class RemoteManagerDriver implements ManagerDriver {
 		});
 
 		const { actor, created } = await getOrCreateActor(this.#config, {
+			datacenter: region,
 			name,
 			key: serializeActorKey(key),
 			runner_name_selector: this.#config.runnerName,
@@ -168,11 +169,13 @@ export class RemoteManagerDriver implements ManagerDriver {
 		name,
 		key,
 		input,
+		region,
 	}: CreateInput): Promise<ActorOutput> {
 		logger().info({ msg: "creating actor via engine api", name, key });
 
 		// Create actor via engine API
 		const result = await createActor(this.#config, {
+			datacenter: region,
 			name,
 			runner_name_selector: this.#config.runnerName,
 			key: serializeActorKey(key),