- ChatGPT Enterprise/Edu and API Platform customers now have new data residency options
- It all started with a sovereign European option in February 2025
- Others also offer data residency options, including Gemini.
OpenAI now offers new data residency options for commercial customers on its ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu tiers, as well as those using the API platform.
The move comes as the AI tools platform continues to become more popular among enterprise customers, with more than one million enterprise customers enrolled in OpenAI services.
At launch, 10 different locations can be selected, but the company promises to add more regions over time.
OpenAI offers business users data residency options
Eligible customers can choose from Europe, UK, US, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, India, Australia and UAE.
OpenAI explained that enterprise and education subscribers can store customer content, such as conversations, uploads, custom GPTs, and image builds, in the region of their choice. For the API platform, users can create a new project from the dashboard and select their preferred region for data storage.
“Requests made through these projects are handled in-region; model requests and responses are not stored at rest on OpenAI servers,” the company added.
The ChatGPT maker also emphasized the use of AES-256 encryption for data at rest and TLS 1.2+ for data in transit, as well as compliance certificates for GDPR, SOC 2 Type 2, and more.
OpenAI has previously committed to helping customers meet data sovereignty and residency requirements. In February 2025 it launched its first residency option: Europe.
In October, it added data residency options for customers in the UK, US, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, India and the United Arab Emirates. This latest change opens residency options to “many global markets.”
Gemini Enterprise customers can also choose from multiple EU or US regions for machine learning processes such as training, prediction, and model tuning. The UK also hosts stored data for those who need it.
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