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Retirement scheduled text-embedding-3-large Retires Feb 9, 2028 · in 15 months
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Broad GA · until Feb 2028 OpenAI 25+ regions tracked

Available in 31 of 35 tracked regions with 6 deployment SKU types.

Datazone Global Other Standard
Total regions 31
Coverage 89%
SKU types 6
Next retirement in 15 months
Widest SKU footprint Global coverage 31 regions · 89% coverage · Global

Lifecycle

1 Generally available in 15 months
Retires Feb 9, 2028

Pricing

Pay-as-you-go · Global $0.13 per 1M tokens Blended at input only
Project monthly cost
Per 1M tokensGlobalData ZoneRegional
Input$0.13$0.143$0.143

Pay-as-you-go list price in USD for East US 2 from the Azure Retail Prices API, checked daily, last updated 2026-11-01. Excludes tax and negotiated discounts; other regions can differ.

Deployment Options

Global

Global deployments

Worldwide availability with intelligent routing

Best for applications needing global reach with automatic failover

Global Standard 29 regions · 83% coverage
Global coverage 31 regions · 89% coverage

⚠ Data may be processed in any Azure region — not suitable for HIPAA, FedRAMP, or strict data-residency requirements

Datazone

Datazone deployments

Data residency compliance deployments

Required for data sovereignty and compliance requirements (GDPR, etc.)

Datazone standard 19 regions · 54% coverage

✓ Data stays within the specified geographic zone — supports GDPR and regional data-residency policies

Standard

Standard deployments

Pay-as-you-go regional deployments

Best for variable workloads and cost-sensitive applications

Standard 19 regions · 54% coverage

✓ Single-region deployment — HIPAA-eligible in supported regions with a BAA from Microsoft

Other

Other deployments

Deployment labels outside the canonical SKU groups

Review individual SKU labels for deployment behavior.

Datazone Standard Gov 2 regions · 6% coverage
Standard Models Gov 1 regions · 3% coverage

Full Availability Matrix

31 regions
RegionDatazone Standard GovDatazone standardGlobal StandardGlobal coverageStandardStandard Models Gov
Australia East—✓✓✓✓—
Brazil South——✓✓——
Canada Central——✓✓——
Canada East——✓✓✓—
Central US—✓✓✓——
East US—✓✓✓✓—
East US 2—✓✓✓✓—
France Central—✓✓✓✓—
Germany West Central—✓✓✓✓—
Italy North—✓✓✓——
Japan East—✓✓✓✓—
Korea Central—✓✓✓✓—
North Central US—✓✓✓——
North Europe——✓✓——
Norway East——✓✓✓—
Poland Central—✓✓✓✓—
South Africa North——✓✓✓—
South Central US—✓✓✓——
South India—✓✓✓✓—
Southeast Asia—✓✓✓✓—
Spain Central—✓✓✓✓—
Sweden Central—✓✓✓✓—
Switzerland North——✓✓✓—
Switzerland West——✓✓——
UAE North——✓✓✓—
UK South——✓✓✓—
West Europe—✓✓✓——
West US—✓✓✓——
West US 3—✓✓✓✓—
usgovarizona✓——✓—✓
usgovvirginia✓——✓——

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Last updated: 2026-11-12 16:36 UTC