Legal frameworks in use
- EU/EEA — data does not leave the EU/EEA. Default framework (no international transfer basis required).
- EU-US DPF — EU-US Data Privacy Framework, adequacy decision adopted by the European Commission on July 10, 2023. Covers EU→US transfers to DPF-certified organizations.
- SCC — Standard Contractual Clauses (Decision (EU) 2021/914), module 2 controller-to-processor. Geek Hub signs SCC with each provider not covered by an adequacy decision.
Table by provider
OpenAI
| Model | Country | Configurable | Framework |
|---|---|---|---|
| gpt-5, gpt-4.1, gpt-4.1-mini, o4-mini | United States | Yes | EU-US DPF |
| tts-1, tts-1-hd, gpt-4o-mini-tts | United States | Yes | EU-US DPF |
| gpt-image-1, dall-e-3 | United States | Yes | EU-US DPF |
us-east. Europe available via Azure OpenAI Service and Europe data residency on Enterprise plan.
Anthropic
| Model | Country | Configurable | Framework |
|---|---|---|---|
| claude-opus-4-8, claude-sonnet-4-6, claude-haiku-4-5 | United States | No | EU-US DPF |
| Model | Country | Configurable | Framework |
|---|---|---|---|
| gemini-2.5-pro, gemini-2.5-flash | United States / multi-region | Yes | EU-US DPF |
| imagen-4 | United States / multi-region | Yes | EU-US DPF |
| veo-3, veo-3.1 | United States / multi-region | Yes | EU-US DPF |
us-central1. Vertex AI lets you select europe-west1, europe-west4 (NL) and 30+ regions. ZDR + Vertex EU = data stays in EU.
DeepSeek
| Model | Country | Configurable | Framework |
|---|---|---|---|
| deepseek-chat, deepseek-reasoner | China | No | SCC |
Moonshot
| Model | Country | Configurable | Framework |
|---|---|---|---|
| kimi-k2, kimi-k2-highspeed, moonshot-v1-128k | China | No | SCC |
xAI
| Model | Country | Configurable | Framework |
|---|---|---|---|
| grok-4, grok-3, grok-3-mini, grok-2-image | United States | No | EU-US DPF |
fal.ai
| Model | Country | Configurable | Framework |
|---|---|---|---|
| flux-1.1-pro, recraft-v3, ideogram-v2, sd-3.5-large | US / multi-region | No | EU-US DPF |
| runway-gen-4, luma-ray-2, kling-2, hailuo-02 | US / multi-region | No | EU-US DPF |
Activating European endpoints
For now, selecting an EU region for Google Vertex AI is a gateway routing config (contact us). A self-service selector is being built in/dashboard/settings to pin region per API key.