diff --git a/.changelog/12478.txt b/.changelog/12478.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..128b43a9c6e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/12478.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+ui: In the datacenter selector order Datacenters by Primary, Local then alpanumerically
+```
diff --git a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/consul/datacenter/selector/index.hbs b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/consul/datacenter/selector/index.hbs
index 3f910bbfa1cb..97194bf29832 100644
--- a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/consul/datacenter/selector/index.hbs
+++ b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/consul/datacenter/selector/index.hbs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 >
   <DisclosureMenu
     aria-label="Datacenter"
-    @items={{sort-by 'Name' @dcs}}
+    @items={{sort-by 'Primary:desc' 'Local:desc' 'Name:asc' @dcs}}
   as |disclosure|>
     <disclosure.Action
       {{on 'click' disclosure.toggle}}