diff --git a/deploy/terraform-custom-datacommons/modules/locals.tf b/deploy/terraform-custom-datacommons/modules/locals.tf
index b7256626ee..459ea3f0d4 100644
--- a/deploy/terraform-custom-datacommons/modules/locals.tf
+++ b/deploy/terraform-custom-datacommons/modules/locals.tf
@@ -25,10 +25,16 @@ locals {
 
   # Use var.billing_project_id if set, otherwise use project_id for billing
   billing_project_id = var.billing_project_id != null ? var.billing_project_id : var.project_id
+  
+   # Data Commons API hostname
+  dc_api_hostname = "api.datacommons.org"
 
-  # Data Commons API root url
-  dc_api_root = "${var.dc_api_protocol}://${var.dc_api_hostname}"
+  # Data Commons API protocol
+  dc_api_protocol = "https"
 
+  # Data Commons API root URL
+  dc_api_root = "${local.dc_api_protocol}://${local.dc_api_hostname}"
+  
   # Shared environment variables used by the Data Commons web service and the Data
   # Commons data loading job
   cloud_run_shared_env_variables = [
diff --git a/deploy/terraform-custom-datacommons/modules/variables.tf b/deploy/terraform-custom-datacommons/modules/variables.tf
index 6a89ac7ed7..6076fbe56d 100644
--- a/deploy/terraform-custom-datacommons/modules/variables.tf
+++ b/deploy/terraform-custom-datacommons/modules/variables.tf
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # Variable definitions
 
 # Required variables
+
 variable "project_id" {
   description = "The GCP project ID where the solution will be deployed"
   type        = string
@@ -31,15 +32,8 @@ variable "dc_api_key" {
 }
 
 # Optional variables
-# Set to your Google Analytics Tag ID to enable Google Analytics tracking.
-# Reference: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9539598
-variable "google_analytics_tag_id" {
-  description = "Google Analytics Tag ID"
-  type        = string
-  default     = null
-}
 
-# Optional: If blank will use generated maps API key
+# Optional: If blank, will generate a Maps API key. 
 variable "maps_api_key" {
   description = "Google Maps API Key"
   type        = string
@@ -64,64 +58,28 @@ variable billing_project_id {
   default     = null
 }
 
-variable "vpc_network_name" {
-  description = "VPC network name to use"
-  type        = string
-  default     = "default"
-}
-
-variable "vpc_network_subnet_name" {
-  description = "VPC network subnet name to use"
-  type        = string
-  default     = "default"
-}
-
-variable "vpc_base_cidr_block" {
-  description = "Base CIDR block to be subdivided for VPC connectors"
-  type        = string
-  default     = "10.8.0.0/24"
-}
-
-variable "enable_redis" {
-  description = "Enable redis instance in this deployment"
-  type        = bool
-  default     = false
-}
-
-variable "redis_instance_name" {
-  description = "Name of the redis instance"
+variable "google_analytics_tag_id" {
+  description = "Google Analytics Tag ID"
   type        = string
-  default     = "datacommons-redis-instance"
-}
-variable "redis_memory_size_gb" {
-  description = "The memory size for the Redis instance in GB"
-  type        = number
-  default     = 2
+  default     = null
 }
 
-variable "redis_tier" {
-  description = "The service tier for the Redis instance"
-  type        = string
-  default     = "STANDARD_HA"
-}
+# Data Commons Cloud Storage bucket variables
 
-variable "redis_location_id" {
-  description = "Redis location id (zone)"
+# If not set, the default is <namespace>-datacommons-data-<project_id>
+variable "dc_gcs_data_bucket_path_override" {
+  description = "Custom GCS data bucket path."
   type        = string
-  default     = "us-central1-a"
+  default     = ""
 }
 
-variable "redis_alternative_location_id" {
-  description = "Redis alternate location id (alternate zone)"
+variable "dc_gcs_data_bucket_location" {
+  description = "Data Commons GCS data bucket location"
   type        = string
-  default     = "us-central1-b"
+  default     = "US"
 }
 
-variable "redis_replica_count" {
-  description = "Redis reserved IP range"
-  type        = number
-  default     = 1
-}
+# Data Commons Cloud SQL instance variables
 
 variable "mysql_instance_name" {
   description = "The name of the MySQL instance"
@@ -129,6 +87,12 @@ variable "mysql_instance_name" {
   default     = "datacommons-mysql-instance"
 }
 
+variable mysql_database_name {
+  description = "MySQL database name"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "datacommons"
+}
+
 variable "mysql_database_version" {
   description = "The version of MySQL"
   type        = string
@@ -155,12 +119,6 @@ variable "mysql_storage_size_gb" {
   default     = 20
 }
 
-variable mysql_database_name {
-  description = "MySQL database name"
-  type        = string
-  default     = "datacommons"
-}
-
 variable "mysql_user" {
   description = "The username for the MySQL instance"
   type        = string
@@ -173,7 +131,8 @@ variable "mysql_deletion_protection" {
   default     = false
 }
 
-## Data Commons Cloud Run service variables
+# Data Commons Cloud Run service variables
+
 variable "dc_web_service_image" {
   description = "Container image for Cloud Run service"
   type        = string
@@ -192,6 +151,14 @@ variable "dc_web_service_memory" {
   default     = "16G"
 }
 
+variable "make_dc_web_service_public" {
+  description = "Whether to make the Data Commons Cloud Run service publicly accessible"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = true
+}
+
+#  Data Commons Cloud Run job variables
+
 variable "dc_data_job_image" {
   description = "The container image for the data job"
   type        = string
@@ -210,32 +177,65 @@ variable "dc_data_job_memory" {
   default     = "8G"
 }
 
-variable "dc_api_hostname" {
-  description = "Data Commons API hostname"
+# Data Commons Cloud VPC Network variables
+
+variable "vpc_network_name" {
+  description = "VPC network name to use"
   type        = string
-  default     = "api.datacommons.org"
+  default     = "default"
 }
 
-variable "dc_api_protocol" {
-  description = "Data Commons API protocol"
+variable "vpc_network_subnet_name" {
+  description = "VPC network subnet name to use"
   type        = string
-  default     = "https"
+  default     = "default"
 }
 
-variable "dc_gcs_data_bucket_path_override" {
-  description = "[Optional] Set a custom GCS data bucket path"
+variable "vpc_base_cidr_block" {
+  description = "Base CIDR block to be subdivided for VPC connectors"
   type        = string
-  default     = ""
+  default     = "10.8.0.0/24"
 }
 
-variable "dc_gcs_data_bucket_location" {
-  description = "Data Commons data bucket GCS location"
+# Data Commons Cloud Redis Memorystore instance variables
+
+variable "enable_redis" {
+  description = "Enable redis instance in this deployment"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = false
+}
+
+variable "redis_instance_name" {
+  description = "Name of the redis instance"
   type        = string
-  default     = "US"
+  default     = "datacommons-redis-instance"
+}
+variable "redis_memory_size_gb" {
+  description = "The memory size for the Redis instance in GB"
+  type        = number
+  default     = 2
 }
 
-variable "make_dc_web_service_public" {
-  description = "Whether to make the Data Commons Cloud Run service publicly accessible"
-  type        = bool
-  default     = true
+variable "redis_tier" {
+  description = "The service tier for the Redis instance"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "STANDARD_HA"
 }
+
+variable "redis_location_id" {
+  description = "Redis location id (zone)"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "us-central1-a"
+}
+
+variable "redis_alternative_location_id" {
+  description = "Redis alternate location id (alternate zone)"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "us-central1-b"
+}
+
+variable "redis_replica_count" {
+  description = "Redis reserved IP range"
+  type        = number
+  default     = 1
+}
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