@Leon H I had reached out to the Product Group team in the background to discuss this requirement and shared your subscription details with them.
I have got a reply from them. You need to wait to receive a decision email from the gating team (Cognitive Services Gating Support csgate@microsoft.com) .
Additionally, there is no guarantee that your request will be approved for an application. Please keep in mind, EastUS is the most congested region, so it may be some time before we can grant any new quota or availability to customers.
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If you need the resource to be in the US region, you should consider other US regions.
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We appreciate your patience on this and Apologies for the inconvenience caused..
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For the model gpt-4 (1106-preview), the closest available region to South Carolina, USA would be East US 2.
For the model gpt-4 (0613), the closest available region to South Carolina, USA would be Canada East.
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Also in the meantime, if your request for East US gets approved, you can expect an email from Cognitive Services Gating Support csgate@microsoft.com or Microsoft Azure OpenAI <msazureopenai@microsoft.com> . Unfortunately, there is no ETA on when this would be approved considering its high in demand and most congested region.
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