OpenAI launched local AI processing and inference for its API in India on Tuesday, enabling eligible Indian businesses and developers to run GPT-6 Luna workloads within the country.
The new API inference residency option lets organisations store customer content and perform text tasks such as document summarization and drafting directly in India, meeting strict data-localisation requirements for sectors like financial services. Users can access the feature by creating a new API project, selecting India as the region for both storage and processing, and using the India-specific API endpoint.
The rollout is part of OpenAI's expansion in India and mirrors similar residency programs already launched in Australia and Japan, giving Indian developers and startups more control over where their AI workloads run.