OpenAI Offers Asia Data-Residency Option for Enterprise Customers
On 8 May 2025, OpenAI announced the launch of its Asia data-residency option, a strategic expansion designed to meet the evolving needs of enterprise clients operating within Asia’s diverse regulatory environments. By enabling customers to store and process their data entirely within regional cloud infrastructure, OpenAI addresses concerns around data sovereignty, latency, and compliance with local privacy laws. This offering builds upon OpenAI’s existing global footprint, adding new data centers in Singapore, Tokyo, and Mumbai to its network of trusted cloud partners. Enterprises in sectors such as finance, healthcare, e-commerce, and manufacturing can now leverage the full power of OpenAI’s API—including GPT-4o-mini and advanced embedding services—while ensuring that sensitive information remains within national or regional boundaries. With data-residency controls managed through a simple dashboard interface, IT teams gain granular oversight over where data is stored, how it’s replicated, and who can access it, without sacrificing the performance or reliability they expect from OpenAI’s platform.