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AI Gateway · regional inference (au)

Configuration dependent

A gateway that can pin inference to an Australian data centre per request, and fails closed with HTTP 400 if it cannot honour the region.

The important distinction:Only inference is pinned. Vercel's own gateway processing (including TLS termination) can occur in any Vercel region, and gateway-run tools and provider safety review are not pinned. The underlying Australian inference provider is not named. Only about seven Anthropic models list an au region.

Source review: 09 Nov 2026 · Service profile; exact model and processing route not established

Model coverage

Anthropic models with an au region, e.g. anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5 and anthropic/claude-opus-5.5

API access

Self-serve Vercel account; OpenAI, Anthropic and AI SDK-compatible endpoints

Billing

Pass-through USD per 1M tokens with a 10% AU premium, e.g. claude-sonnet-5.5 $2.20 / $11.00 (global $2 / $10). Per-request pinning has no surcharge; team-wide pinning is US$0.10 per 1,000 requests on Pro or Enterprise.

Capacity commitment

No reserved capacity required for this service category.

Storage

Vercel documents that inference runs in an Australian data centre and anything the provider stores at rest stays in that region. The served region is returned in response metadata.

Retention and training

Zero-data-retention and no-training routing controls are available; model metadata lists zdr and no_training for Sonnet 5.5. Gateway logging is reviewed separately.

Ownership and control

Vercel Inc. (US); Vercel Australia Pty Ltd (ABN 28 696 022 330) is registered in Australia. Model developer is Anthropic; the inference host is not named.

What to check before using it

Set the inference region to au per request (or team-wide on Pro/Enterprise).
Check /v1/models for models listing the au region.
Log the served region from response metadata and review gateway-level processing.

Still to verify

Named underlying inference provider for the au region
Region-pinned gateway hosts (described as coming)
Contracting entity and DPA for Australian customers

Sources and supported claims

Documentation

Regional inference ↗

Regional inference documents the au region, fail-closed behaviour, the AU pricing premium and that gateway processing, tools and safety review are not pinned.

Checked 2026-11-09 · Scope: this service profile

Documentation

AI Gateway models endpoint ↗

The live model list shows which models include au in their regions and their prices.

Checked 2026-11-09 · Scope: this service profile

Documentation

Australian Business Register ↗

Australian Business Register lists VERCEL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, ABN 28 696 022 330.

Checked 2026-11-09 · Scope: this service profile

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