Azure AI Search regions list
This article identifies the cloud regions in which Azure AI Search is available. It also lists which premium features are available in each region.
Features subject to regional availability
| Feature | Availability |
|---|---|
| Extra capacity | Higher capacity partitions became available in selected regions starting in April 2024 with a second wave following in May 2024. If you're using an older search service, create a new search service to benefit from more capacity at the same billing rate. To check existing capacity, find your search service and select the Properties tab in the middle of the Overview page. To check search service age, follow these instructions. Currently, there are just a few regions that don't offer higher capacity partitions. Regional support for extra capacity is noted in the footnotes of this article. |
| Availability zones | Divides a region's data centers into distinct physical location groups, providing high-availability within the same geo. Regional support is noted in this article. |
| Azure AI enrichment | Refers to skills that make internal calls to Azure AI for enrichment and transformation during indexing. Integration requires that Azure AI Search coexists with an Azure AI multi-service account in the same physical region. Regional support is noted in this article. |
| Azure OpenAI integration | Refers to skills and vectorizers that make internal calls to deployed embedding and chat models on Azure OpenAI. Check Azure OpenAI model region availability for the most current list of regions for each embedding and chat model. Specific Azure OpenAI models are in fewer regions, so be sure to check for joint regional availability before installing. |
| Azure AI Studio integration | Refers to skills and vectorizers that make internal calls to the models hosted in the model catalog. Check Azure AI Studio region availability for the most current list of regions. |
| Azure AI Vision 4.0 multimodal APIs for image vectorization | Refers to skills and vectorizers that call the multimodal embedding API. Check the Azure AI Vision region list for joint regional availability. |
| Semantic ranker | Takes a dependency on Microsoft-hosted models in specific regions. Regional support is noted in this article. |
Azure Public regions
You can create an Azure AI Search resource in any of the following Azure public regions. Almost all of these regions support higher capacity tiers. Exceptions are noted where they apply.
Americas
| Region | AI integration | Semantic ranker | Availability zones |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil South | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Canada Central | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Canada East | ✅ | ||
| East US 1 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| East US 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Central US 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| North Central US | ✅ | ✅ | |
| South Central US 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| West US | ✅ | ✅ | |
| West US 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| West US 3 1 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| West Central US | ✅ | ✅ |
1 Currently, this region is at full capacity and not accepting new search services.
2 This region has capacity, but some tiers are not available.
Europe
| Region | AI integration | Semantic ranker | Availability zones |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Europe | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| West Europe 1, 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| France Central | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Germany West Central | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Italy North | ✅ | ||
| Norway East | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Poland Central | |||
| Spain Central 2 | ✅ | ||
| Sweden Central | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Switzerland North | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Switzerland West | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| UK South | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| UK West | ✅ |
1 Currently, this region is at full capacity and not accepting new search services.
2 This region runs on older infrastructure that has lower storage limits per partition at every tier. Choose a different region if you want higher limits.
Middle East
| Region | AI integration | Semantic ranker | Availability zones |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel Central 2 | ✅ | ||
| Qatar Central 1, 2 | ✅ | ||
| UAE North | ✅ | ✅ |
1 Currently, this region is at full capacity and not accepting new search services.
2 This region runs on older infrastructure that has lower storage limits per partition at every tier. Choose a different region if you want higher limits.
Africa
| Region | AI integration | Semantic ranker | Availability zones |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa North | ✅ | ✅ |
Asia Pacific
| Region | AI integration | Semantic ranker | Availability zones |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia East | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Australia Southeast | ✅ | ||
| East Asia | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Southeast Asia | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Central India | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Jio India West | ✅ | ✅ | |
| South India 2 | ✅ | ||
| Japan East 1 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Japan West | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Korea Central | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Korea South | ✅ |
1 This region has capacity, but some tiers are not available.
2 This region runs on older infrastructure that has lower storage limits per partition at every tier. Choose a different region if you want higher limits.
Azure Government regions
| Region | AI integration | Semantic ranker | Availability zones |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Texas | |||
| Virginia 1 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
1 Currently, this region is at full capacity and not accepting new search services.
Azure operated by 21Vianet
| Region | AI integration | Semantic ranker | Availability zones |
|---|---|---|---|
| China East | |||
| China East 2 1 | ✅ | ||
| China East 3 | |||
| China North | |||
| China North 2 1 | |||
| China North 3 | ✅ | ✅ |
1 This region runs on older infrastructure that has lower storage limits per partition at every tier. Choose a different region if you want higher limits.