Databricks Designated Services

This article describes Databricks Designated Services. Designated Services are features in Azure Databricks that process customer content according to geographies to manage data residency. It covers which features are Designated Services and how those features process data in various geographic locations.

Designated Services include:

To learn more about Azure data residency, see Data residency in Azure.

EU Data boundary

Designated Services for workspaces within the EU Data boundary rely on EU data centers for processing.

Pay-per-token Foundation Model API availability

Foundation Model APIs allow you to access and query a curated set of state-of-the-art open models. Pay-per-token Foundation Model APIs are recommended for getting started with foundation models.

The following table shows the geographic areas that support pay-per-token workloads and where those curated models operate. See the models and regions available for pay-per-token workloads.

Geographic area where your workspace is located Geographic area where Foundation Model API is hosted
United States United States
EU Data Boundary EU Data Boundary
All other Geos Unavailable

Provisioned throughput Foundation Model API availability

Foundation Model APIs allow you to access and query a curated set of state-of-the-art open models. Provisioned throughput Foundation Model APIs are for production foundation model workloads that require performance guarantees.

See the regions available for provisioned throughput workloads.

Geographic area where your workspace is located Geographic area where Foundation Model API is hosted
United States United States
Australia Australia
Brazil Brazil
Canada Canada
EU Data Boundary EU Data Boundary
India India
All other Geos Unavailable

Mosaic AI Model Training

With Mosaic AI Model Training, you can use your own data to customize a foundation model to optimize its performance for your specific application.

The following table shows the geographic areas that support Mosaic AI Model Training and where those models operate.

Geographic area where your workspace is located Geographic area where Mosaic AI Model Training is hosted
United States United States
All other Geos Unavailable

AI-based autocomplete availability

AI-based autocomplete provides inline code suggestions as you type in Databricks notebooks, the SQL editor, and the file editor.

The following table shows the geographic areas that support AI-based autocomplete and where those models operate.

Geographic area where your workspace is located Geographic area where AI-based autocomplete is processed
United States United States
EU Data Boundary EU Data Boundary
All other Geos Routed to United States geography

Databricks Assistant

Databricks Assistant is an AI-based companion pair programmer and support agent that makes you more efficient when creating notebooks, queries, and files.

Geographic area where your workspace is located Geographic area where Assistant is processed
United States United States
EU Data Boundary EU Data Boundary
All other Geos Routed to United States geography

AI-generated comments in Unity Catalog tables

You can use Catalog Explorer to add AI-generated comments for any table or table column managed by Unity Catalog. AI-generated comments provide a quick way to help users discover data managed by Unity Catalog.

Geographic area where your workspace is located Geographic area where AI-generated comments are processed
United States United States
EU Data Boundary EU Data Boundary
All other Geos Routed to United States geography

Mosaic AI Agent Evaluation availability

Agent Evaluation helps developers evaluate the quality, cost, and latency of agentic AI applications, including RAG applications and chains.

The following table shows the geographic areas that support Mosaic AI Agent Evaluation and where those models operate.

Geographic area where your workspace is located Geographic area where Mosaic AI Agent Evaluation is processed
United States United States
EU Data Boundary EU Data Boundary
All other Geos Routed to United States geography