diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index 98e4371065..86bedd8e86 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export DEV_ENV_NAME_PREFIX="${TF_VAR_name_prefix}"
 
 export TARGET_BIGQUERY_CREDENTIALS_JSON="$(echo $TF_VAR_sa_creds | base64 -d)"
 export TARGET_BIGQUERY_DATASET="${USER}_dataset"
-export TARGET_BIGQUERY_LOCATION="EU"
+export TARGET_BIGQUERY_LOCATION="US"
 export DBT_BIGQUERY_DATASET="dataform_${USER}"
 export DBT_BIGQUERY_KEYFILE="/lana/keyfile.json"
 echo $TARGET_BIGQUERY_CREDENTIALS_JSON > meltano/keyfile.json
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 160b5dca43..370a46cb7d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -109,3 +109,5 @@ services:
       - TARGET_BIGQUERY_CREDENTIALS_JSON=${TARGET_BIGQUERY_CREDENTIALS_JSON}
       - TARGET_BIGQUERY_DATASET=${TARGET_BIGQUERY_DATASET}
       - TARGET_BIGQUERY_LOCATION=${TARGET_BIGQUERY_LOCATION}
+      - DBT_BIGQUERY_DATASET=${DBT_BIGQUERY_DATASET}
+      - DBT_BIGQUERY_KEYFILE=${DBT_BIGQUERY_KEYFILE}
diff --git a/tf/bq-setup/bq.tf b/tf/bq-setup/bq.tf
index c82d456d41..12e86d76f4 100644
--- a/tf/bq-setup/bq.tf
+++ b/tf/bq-setup/bq.tf
@@ -67,3 +67,26 @@ resource "google_bigquery_dataset_iam_member" "dataform_assertions_additional_ow
   role       = "roles/bigquery.dataOwner"
   member     = "user:${each.value}"
 }
+
+resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "dbt" {
+  project       = local.gcp_project
+  dataset_id    = local.dbt_dataset_name
+  friendly_name = "${local.name_prefix} dbt"
+  description   = "dbt for ${local.name_prefix}"
+  location      = local.dbt_location
+}
+
+resource "google_bigquery_dataset_iam_member" "dbt_owner" {
+  project    = local.gcp_project
+  dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.dbt.dataset_id
+  role       = "roles/bigquery.dataOwner"
+  member     = "serviceAccount:${google_service_account.bq_access_sa.email}"
+}
+
+resource "google_bigquery_dataset_iam_member" "dbt_additional_owners" {
+  for_each   = toset(local.additional_owners)
+  project    = local.gcp_project
+  dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.dbt.dataset_id
+  role       = "roles/bigquery.dataOwner"
+  member     = "user:${each.value}"
+}
diff --git a/tf/bq-setup/main.tf b/tf/bq-setup/main.tf
index 94f157e33e..35b8b9ebf9 100644
--- a/tf/bq-setup/main.tf
+++ b/tf/bq-setup/main.tf
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ locals {
   dataform_git_commitish = var.dataform_git_commitish != "" ? var.dataform_git_commitish : "${var.name_prefix}-dataform"
 
 
+  dbt_dataset_name                 = replace("dbt_${local.name_prefix}", "-", "_")
+  dbt_location                     = "US"
   dataform_dataset_name            = replace("dataform_${local.name_prefix}", "-", "_")
   dataform_assertions_dataset_name = replace("dataform_assertions_${local.name_prefix}", "-", "_")
   dataform_repo_name               = "${local.name_prefix}-repo"