- 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 is now offering new data residency options to business customers at their ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu tiers, as well as those using the API platform.
The move comes as the AI tools platform continues to gain popularity among enterprise customers, with more than one million enterprise customers now signed up for OpenAI services.
From launch, 10 different locations can be selected, but the company promises to add more regions over time.
OpenAI provides business users with data hosting options
Eligible customers can choose from Europe, UK, US, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, India, Australia and UAE.
OpenAI explained that Enterprise and Edu subscribers can store customer content – such as conversations, uploaded files, custom GPTs and image generation – in their region of choice. For the API platform, users can create a new project from the dashboard and select their preferred region for data storage.
“Queries made through these projects are handled in the region – model requests and responses are not stored at rest on OpenAI’s servers,” the company added.
The ChatGPT manufacturer 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 comply with data residency and sovereignty requirements. In February 2025, it launched its first residency option – Europe.
In October, it then added data roaming options for customers in the UK, US, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, India and the UAE. This latest change opens up residency options for “many global markets.”
Gemini Enterprise customers can also choose between EU or US multi-regions for ML processes such as training, prediction and model tuning. The UK is also home to stored data for those who need it.
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