Abstract: In one implementation, software workload or device addresses (e.g., IPv4 or IPv6 addresses) are mapped to a nearby physical location identification. The physical location of a dematerialized workload or a device is determined by associating the network address of the dematerialized workload or device to the address of a physical tag. First, the physical tag is sensed in the vicinity of a physical device using short-range technology. Radio frequency identification (RFID), Bluetooth, barcode, near field communication (NFC), or other localized sensing of the location is used to provide the physical location identification. By letting a virtualized endpoint sense the physical location of a nearby physical device, locality is determined.