Deployments and endpoints

Google and Partner models and generative AI features on Vertex AI are exposed as specific regional endpoints and a global endpoint. Global endpoints cover the entire world and provide higher availability and reliability than single regions.

Note that model endpoints don't guarantee region availability or in-region ML processing. For information about data residency, see Data residency.

Global endpoint

Selecting a global endpoint for your requests can improve overall availability while reducing resource exhausted (429) errors. Don't use the global endpoint if you have ML processing requirements, because you can't control or know which region your ML processing requests are sent to when a request is made.

Supported models

Usage of the global endpoint is supported for the following models:

• Gemini 2.0 Flash with Live API
• Gemini 2.5 Pro
• Gemini 2.5 Flash
• Gemini 2.0 Flash
• Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

Use the global endpoint

To use the global endpoint, exclude the location from the endpoint name and configure the location of the resource to global. For example, the following is global endpoint URL:

https://aiplatform.googleapis.com/v1/projects/test-project/locations/global/publishers/google/models/gemini-2.0-flash-001:generateContent

For the Google Gen AI SDK, create a client that uses the global location:

client = genai.Client(
 vertexai=True, project='your-project-id', location='global'
)

Limitations

The following capabilities are not available when using the global endpoint:

• Tuning
• Batch prediction
• Context caching
• Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) corpus (RAG requests are supported)
• Provisioned Throughput

Google model endpoint locations

Google model endpoints for Generative AI on Vertex AI are available in the following regions.

Important: Starting April 29, 2025, Gemini 1.5 Pro and Gemini 1.5 Flash are not available in projects that have no prior usage of these models, including new projects. For details, see Model versions and lifecycle.

United States

	Columbus, Ohio (us-east5)	Dallas, Texas (us-south1)	Iowa (us-central1)	Las Vegas, Nevada (us-west4)	Moncks Corner, South Carolina (us-east1)	Northern Virginia (us-east4)	Oregon (us-west1)
Gemini 2.5 Flash (gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17)			✔
Gemini 2.5 Pro (gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06)			✔
Gemini 2.0 Flash (gemini-2.0-flash-001)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite (gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Gemini 1.5 Pro (gemini-1.5-pro-002, gemini-1.5-pro-001)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Gemini 1.5 Flash (gemini-1.5-flash-002, gemini-1.5-flash-001)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Embeddings for Text	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Embeddings for Multimodal	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Imagen for Captioning & VQA			✔	✔		✔	✔
Imagen (imagegeneration@002)			✔	✔		✔	✔
Imagen 2 (imagegeneration@005)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Imagen 2 (imagegeneration@006)			✔	✔		✔	✔
Imagen 3 (imagen-3.0-generate-001)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Imagen 3 Fast (imagen-3.0-fast-generate-001)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Imagen 3 Editing and Customization (imagen-3.0-capability-001)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Imagen 3 (imagen-3.0-generate-002)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Canada

	Montréal (northamerica-northeast1)
Gemini 2.5 Flash (gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17)
Gemini 2.5 Pro (gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06)
Gemini 2.0 Flash (gemini-2.0-flash-001)
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite (gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001)
Gemini 1.5 Pro (gemini-1.5-pro-002, gemini-1.5-pro-001)	✔
Gemini 1.5 Flash (gemini-1.5-flash-002, gemini-1.5-flash-001)	✔
Embeddings for Text	✔
Embeddings for Multimodal	✔
Imagen for Captioning & VQA	✔
Imagen (imagegeneration@002)	✔
Imagen 2 (imagegeneration@005)	✔
Imagen 2 (imagegeneration@006)	✔
Imagen 3 (imagen-3.0-generate-001)	✔
Imagen 3 Fast (imagen-3.0-fast-generate-001)	✔
Imagen 3 Editing and Customization (imagen-3.0-capability-001)	✔
Imagen 3 (imagen-3.0-generate-002)	✔

South America

	São Paulo, Brazil (southamerica-east1)
Gemini 2.5 Flash (gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17)
Gemini 2.5 Pro (gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06)
Gemini 2.0 Flash (gemini-2.0-flash-001)
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite (gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001)
Gemini 1.5 Pro (gemini-1.5-pro-002, gemini-1.5-pro-001)	✔
Gemini 1.5 Flash (gemini-1.5-flash-002, gemini-1.5-flash-001)	✔
Embeddings for Text	✔
Embeddings for Multimodal	✔
Imagen for Captioning & VQA
Imagen (imagegeneration@002)
Imagen 2 (imagegeneration@005)	✔
Imagen 2 (imagegeneration@006)
Imagen 3 (imagen-3.0-generate-001)	✔
Imagen 3 Fast (imagen-3.0-fast-generate-001)	✔
Imagen 3 Editing and Customization (imagen-3.0-capability-001)	✔
Imagen 3 (imagen-3.0-generate-002)	✔

Europe

	Netherlands (europe-west4)	Paris, France (europe-west9)	London, United Kingdom (europe-west2)	Frankfurt, Germany (europe-west3)	Belgium (europe-west1)	Zürich, Switzerland (europe-west6)	Madrid, Spain (europe-southwest1)	Milan, Italy (europe-west8)	Finland (europe-north1)	Warsaw, Poland (europe-central2)
Gemini 2.5 Flash (gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17)
Gemini 2.5 Pro (gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06)
Gemini 2.0 Flash (gemini-2.0-flash-001)	✔	✔			✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite (gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001)	✔	✔			✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
Gemini 1.5 Pro (gemini-1.5-pro-002, gemini-1.5-pro-001)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Gemini 1.5 Flash (gemini-1.5-flash-002, gemini-1.5-flash-001)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Embeddings for Text	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Embeddings for Multimodal	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Imagen for Captioning & VQA	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Imagen (imagegeneration@002)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Imagen 2 (imagegeneration@005)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Imagen 2 (imagegeneration@006)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Imagen 3 (imagen-3.0-generate-001)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Imagen 3 Fast (imagen-3.0-fast-generate-001)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Imagen 3 Editing and Customization (imagen-3.0-capability-001)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Imagen 3 imagen-3.0-generate-002)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Asia Pacific

	Tokyo, Japan (asia-northeast1)	Sydney, Australia (australia-southeast1)	Singapore (asia-southeast1)	Seoul, Korea (asia-northeast3)	Taiwan (asia-east1)	Hong Kong, China (asia-east2)	Mumbai, India (asia-south1)
Gemini 2.5 Flash (gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17)
Gemini 2.5 Pro (gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06)
Gemini 2.0 Flash (gemini-2.0-flash-001)
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite (gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001)
Gemini 1.5 Pro (gemini-1.5-pro-002, gemini-1.5-pro-001)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Gemini 1.5 Flash (gemini-1.5-flash-002, gemini-1.5-flash-001)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Embeddings for Text	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Embeddings for Multimodal	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Imagen for Captioning & VQA	✔		✔	✔
Imagen (imagegeneration@002)	✔		✔	✔
Imagen 2 (imagegeneration@005)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Imagen 2 (imagegeneration@006)	✔		✔	✔
Imagen 3 (imagen-3.0-generate-001)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Imagen 3 Fast (imagen-3.0-fast-generate-001)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Imagen 3 Editing and Customization (imagen-3.0-capability-001)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Imagen 3 (imagen-3.0-generate-002)	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Middle East

	Dammam, Saudi Arabia (me-central2)	Doha, Qatar (me-central1)	Tel Aviv, Israel (me-west1)
Gemini 2.5 Flash (gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17)
Gemini 2.5 Pro (gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06)
Gemini 2.0 Flash (gemini-2.0-flash-001)
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite (gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001)
Gemini 1.5 Pro (gemini-1.5-pro-002, gemini-1.5-pro-001)	✔	✔	✔
Gemini 1.5 Flash (gemini-1.5-flash-002, gemini-1.5-flash-001)	✔	✔	✔
Embeddings for Text	✔	✔	✔
Embeddings for Multimodal	✔	✔	✔
Imagen for Captioning & VQA
Imagen (imagegeneration@002)
Imagen 2 (imagegeneration@005)	✔	✔	✔
Imagen 2 (imagegeneration@006)
Imagen 3 (imagen-3.0-generate-001)	✔	✔	✔
Imagen 3 Fast (imagen-3.0-fast-generate-001)	✔	✔	✔
Imagen 3 Editing and Customization (imagen-3.0-capability-001)	✔	✔	✔
Imagen 3 (imagen-3.0-generate-002)	✔	✔	✔

Global

	Global (global)
Gemini 2.5 Flash (gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17)	✔
Gemini 2.5 Pro (gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06)	✔
Gemini 2.0 Flash (gemini-2.0-flash-001)	✔
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite (gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001)	✔
Gemini 1.5 Pro (gemini-1.5-pro-002, gemini-1.5-pro-001)
Gemini 1.5 Flash (gemini-1.5-flash-002, gemini-1.5-flash-001)
Embeddings for Text
Embeddings for Multimodal
Imagen for Captioning & VQA
Imagen (imagegeneration@002)
Imagen 2 (imagegeneration@005)
Imagen 2 (imagegeneration@006)
Imagen 3 (imagen-3.0-generate-001)
Imagen 3 Fast (imagen-3.0-fast-generate-001)
Imagen 3 Editing and Customization (imagen-3.0-capability-001)
Imagen 3 (imagen-3.0-generate-002)

Google Cloud partner model endpoint locations

Partner model endpoints for Generative AI on Vertex AI are available in the following regions:

United States

	Columbus, Ohio (us-east5)	Dallas, Texas (us-south1)	Iowa (us-central1)	Las Vegas, Nevada (us-west4)	Moncks Corner, South Carolina (us-east1)	Northern Virginia (us-east4)	Oregon (us-west1)
Anthropic's Claude 3.7 Sonnet	✔
Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet v2	✔
Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet	✔
Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Haiku	✔
Anthropic's Claude 3 Opus	✔
Anthropic's Claude 3 Haiku	✔
Llama 4 Maverick 17B-128E (Preview)	✔
Llama 4 Scout 17B-16E (Preview)	✔
Llama 3.3 70B (Preview)			✔
Llama 3.2 90B (Preview)			✔
Llama 3.1 405B			✔
Llama 3.1 70B (Preview)			✔
Llama 3.1 8B (Preview)			✔
Mistral Small 3.1 (25.03)			✔
Mistral Large			✔
Mistral Nemo			✔
Codestral			✔
Jamba 1.5 Large (Preview)			✔
Jamba 1.5 Mini (Preview)			✔

Europe

	Netherlands (europe-west4)	Belgium (europe-west1)
Anthropic's Claude 3.7 Sonnet		✔
Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet v2		✔
Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet		✔
Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Haiku
Anthropic's Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic's Claude 3 Haiku		✔
Llama 4 Maverick 17B-128E (Preview)
Llama 4 Scout 17B-16E (Preview)
Llama 3.3 70B (Preview)
Llama 3.2 90B (Preview)
Llama 3.1 405B
Llama 3.1 70B (Preview)
Llama 3.1 8B (Preview)
Mistral Small 3.1 (25.03)	✔
Mistral Large	✔
Mistral Nemo	✔
Codestral	✔
Jamba 1.5 Large (Preview)	✔
Jamba 1.5 Mini (Preview)	✔

Asia Pacific

	Singapore (asia-southeast1)
Anthropic's Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet v2
Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet	✔
Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Haiku
Anthropic's Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic's Claude 3 Haiku	✔
Llama 4 Maverick 17B-128E (Preview)
Llama 4 Scout 17B-16E (Preview)
Llama 3.3 70B (Preview)
Llama 3.2 90B (Preview)
Llama 3.1 405B
Llama 3.1 70B (Preview)
Llama 3.1 8B (Preview)
Mistral Small 3.1 (25.03)
Mistral Large
Mistral Nemo
Codestral
Jamba 1.5 Large (Preview)
Jamba 1.5 Mini (Preview)

What's next

• For a notebook tutorial that demonstrates the global endpoint, see Intro to the Vertex AI global endpoint.
• Learn more about Generative AI on Vertex AI data residency.
• Learn about Google Cloud regions.
• Learn more about security controls by feature.
• Learn about the models that provide Generative AI on Vertex AI support. See Generative AI foundational model reference.
• Learn about Vertex AI locations.