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Retirement scheduled text-embedding-ada-002 Retires Feb 9, 2028 · in 15 months
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Broad GA · until Feb 2028 OpenAI 25+ regions tracked

Available in 30 of 35 tracked regions with 6 deployment SKU types.

Datazone Global Other Standard
Total regions 30
Coverage 86%
SKU types 6
Next retirement in 15 months
Widest SKU footprint Global coverage 30 regions · 86% coverage · Global

Lifecycle

2 Generally available in 15 months
Retires Feb 9, 2028
1 Generally available in 15 months
Retires Feb 9, 2028

Pricing

Pay-as-you-go · Global $0.10 per 1M tokens Blended at input only
Project monthly cost
Per 1M tokensGlobalData ZoneRegional
Input$0.10$0.11$0.11

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 28 regions · 80% coverage
Global coverage 30 regions · 86% 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 2 regions · 6% coverage

Full Availability Matrix

30 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—✓✓✓✓—
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