Hey everyone! I'm trying to navigate Azure Foundry, and it's pretty confusing. I want to process and store my data in Europe using either GPT 5.2 or 5.3 (Codex), but I can't figure out where these models are available. I've started with Europe-West, but they weren't available there. Now I'm hosting a project in Sweden, and it's still not available. Can someone tell me if I can deploy GPT 5.2 or 5.3 in any European data zone? If not, when might these models be available?
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It seems like it’s worse for us here in Australia! We don’t even have a proper 'data zone' equivalent—just Standard or Global. It’s frustrating because if you want to keep data onshore, it costs a lot more.
Currently, GPT 5.2 and 5.4 aren't available for deployment in European Data Zones. They are only offered in Global or US Data Zones. If you want to keep your data in the EU, you could use a Global endpoint deployed in an EU region, but keep in mind that your data might be processed outside the EU.
Unfortunately, unless you're fine using Global standards, you can’t use 5.2 or 5.4 in Europe right now. The rollout of GPT-5 has been pretty slow, with only smaller versions released quickly. I feel your pain!
I've noticed that the 5.x series is slower compared to 4.x models in Europe. For instance, I found that 4.1mini takes around 5 seconds, while 5.1mini can take up to 50 seconds. For now, I'm sticking with 4.1mini until they sort things out.
That slowness is likely because the 5.x models are reasoning models. You might try turning off reasoning via reasoning_effort to see if that helps speed things up.