Is the Azure OpenAI also exclusively in Canadian servers if I have an account hosted on Azure servers located in Canada?

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I need it to be gated and stored strictly in Canada.

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Divyesh Govaerdhanan 8,590

Hello,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A,

Yes, if you deploy Azure OpenAI in the Canada region (like Canada East or Canada Central), your data stays in Canada.

Azure OpenAI respects regional deployment. The data and inference stay within the selected Azure region.
If you choose Canada Central, both the compute (model inference) and data processing happen within Canadian data centers.
No cross-region data movement occurs unless you explicitly configure services (e.g., logging, backup) that write to other regions.

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Serge Ban 20 Reputation points

2025-07-24T22:21:40.5333333+00:00

Thank you Divyesh, much appreciated.
Aurélien Adnet 0 Reputation points

2025-08-27T21:45:31.1933333+00:00

Does the new gpt-5 models will be available in Canada? Thanks!
Divyesh Govaerdhanan 8,590 Reputation points

2025-08-27T22:42:21.5366667+00:00

HI Aurélien Adnet,

Yes, the gpt-5 models will be available in Canada region.

https://ai.azure.com/doc/azure/ai-foundry/openai/concepts/models?tid=95166198-b865-4294-8d11-496c85b7978a#gpt-5