diff --git a/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/01-landing.tf b/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/01-landing.tf
index fa5278032..49f32aff9 100644
--- a/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/01-landing.tf
+++ b/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/01-landing.tf
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module "land-project" {
   parent          = var.folder_id
   billing_account = var.billing_account_id
   prefix          = var.prefix
-  name            = "lnd"
+  name            = "lnd${local.project_suffix}"
   group_iam = {
     (local.groups.data-engineers) = [
       "roles/bigquery.dataEditor",
diff --git a/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/02-load.tf b/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/02-load.tf
index 7d7392f9a..8fdbe2153 100644
--- a/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/02-load.tf
+++ b/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/02-load.tf
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ module "load-project" {
   parent          = var.folder_id
   billing_account = var.billing_account_id
   prefix          = var.prefix
-  name            = "lod"
+  name            = "lod${local.project_suffix}"
   group_iam = {
     (local.groups.data-engineers) = [
       "roles/compute.viewer",
diff --git a/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/03-orchestration.tf b/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/03-orchestration.tf
index d8b9254e0..137d4e93b 100644
--- a/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/03-orchestration.tf
+++ b/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/03-orchestration.tf
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module "orch-project" {
   parent          = var.folder_id
   billing_account = var.billing_account_id
   prefix          = var.prefix
-  name            = "orc"
+  name            = "orc${local.project_suffix}"
   group_iam = {
     (local.groups.data-engineers) = [
       "roles/bigquery.dataEditor",
diff --git a/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/04-transformation.tf b/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/04-transformation.tf
index 66780c766..6f2aacad3 100644
--- a/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/04-transformation.tf
+++ b/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/04-transformation.tf
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module "transf-project" {
   parent          = var.folder_id
   billing_account = var.billing_account_id
   prefix          = var.prefix
-  name            = "trf"
+  name            = "trf${local.project_suffix}"
   group_iam = {
     (local.groups.data-engineers) = [
       "roles/bigquery.jobUser",
diff --git a/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/05-datalake.tf b/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/05-datalake.tf
index 86f5edf6a..64ec1b242 100644
--- a/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/05-datalake.tf
+++ b/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/05-datalake.tf
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ module "lake-0-project" {
   parent          = var.folder_id
   billing_account = var.billing_account_id
   prefix          = var.prefix
-  name            = "dtl-0"
+  name            = "dtl-0${local.project_suffix}"
   group_iam       = local.lake_group_iam
   iam             = local.lake_0_iam
   services        = local.lake_services
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ module "lake-1-project" {
   parent          = var.folder_id
   billing_account = var.billing_account_id
   prefix          = var.prefix
-  name            = "dtl-1"
+  name            = "dtl-1${local.project_suffix}"
   group_iam       = local.lake_group_iam
   iam             = local.lake_iam
   services        = local.lake_services
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ module "lake-2-project" {
   parent          = var.folder_id
   billing_account = var.billing_account_id
   prefix          = var.prefix
-  name            = "dtl-2"
+  name            = "dtl-2${local.project_suffix}"
   group_iam       = local.lake_group_iam
   iam             = local.lake_iam
   services        = local.lake_services
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ module "lake-plg-project" {
   parent          = var.folder_id
   billing_account = var.billing_account_id
   prefix          = var.prefix
-  name            = "dtl-plg"
+  name            = "dtl-plg${local.project_suffix}"
   group_iam       = local.lake_plg_group_iam
   iam             = {}
   services        = local.lake_services
diff --git a/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/07-exposure.tf b/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/07-exposure.tf
index 8fa819f6c..030be0b83 100644
--- a/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/07-exposure.tf
+++ b/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/07-exposure.tf
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ module "exp-project" {
   parent          = var.folder_id
   billing_account = var.billing_account_id
   prefix          = var.prefix
-  name            = "exp"
+  name            = "exp${local.project_suffix}"
 }
diff --git a/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/README.md b/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/README.md
index 90ed73fee..645dc27c6 100644
--- a/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/README.md
+++ b/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/README.md
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ Description of commands:
 | [location](variables.tf#L47) | Location used for multi-regional resources. | <code>string</code> |  | <code>&#34;eu&#34;</code> |
 | [network_config](variables.tf#L63) | Shared VPC network configurations to use. If null networks will be created in projects with preconfigured values. | <code title="object&#40;&#123;&#10;  host_project      &#61; string&#10;  network_self_link &#61; string&#10;  subnet_self_links &#61; object&#40;&#123;&#10;    load           &#61; string&#10;    transformation &#61; string&#10;    orchestration  &#61; string&#10;  &#125;&#41;&#10;  composer_ip_ranges &#61; object&#40;&#123;&#10;    cloudsql   &#61; string&#10;    gke_master &#61; string&#10;    web_server &#61; string&#10;  &#125;&#41;&#10;  composer_secondary_ranges &#61; object&#40;&#123;&#10;    pods     &#61; string&#10;    services &#61; string&#10;  &#125;&#41;&#10;&#125;&#41;">object&#40;&#123;&#8230;&#125;&#41;</code> |  | <code>null</code> |
 | [project_services](variables.tf#L96) | List of core services enabled on all projects. | <code>list&#40;string&#41;</code> |  | <code title="&#91;&#10;  &#34;cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com&#34;,&#10;  &#34;iam.googleapis.com&#34;,&#10;  &#34;serviceusage.googleapis.com&#34;,&#10;  &#34;stackdriver.googleapis.com&#34;&#10;&#93;">&#91;&#8230;&#93;</code> |
-| [region](variables.tf#L107) | Region used for regional resources. | <code>string</code> |  | <code>&#34;europe-west1&#34;</code> |
+| [project_suffix](variables.tf#L107) | Suffix used only for project ids. | <code>string</code> |  | <code>null</code> |
+| [region](variables.tf#L113) | Region used for regional resources. | <code>string</code> |  | <code>&#34;europe-west1&#34;</code> |
 
 ## Outputs
 
diff --git a/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/main.tf b/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/main.tf
index f8a801b25..536dc0b5f 100644
--- a/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/main.tf
+++ b/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/main.tf
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ locals {
   groups_iam = {
     for k, v in local.groups : k => "group:${v}"
   }
+  project_suffix          = var.project_suffix == null ? "" : "-${var.project_suffix}"
   service_encryption_keys = var.service_encryption_keys
   shared_vpc_project      = try(var.network_config.host_project, null)
   # this is needed so that for_each only uses static values
diff --git a/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/variables.tf b/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/variables.tf
index f403243a6..037471dfd 100644
--- a/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/variables.tf
+++ b/examples/data-solutions/data-platform-foundations/variables.tf
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ variable "project_services" {
   ]
 }
 
+variable "project_suffix" {
+  description = "Suffix used only for project ids."
+  type        = string
+  default     = null
+}
+
 variable "region" {
   description = "Region used for regional resources."
   type        = string