Responses API for gpt-4.1 in Europe

Hello everyone!

I'm writing here trying to figure out something about the availability of the "responses" APIs in european regions:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/how-to/responses?tabs=python-key

i'm trying to deploy a /responses endpoint for the model we are currently using, gpt-4.1, since i've read that the /completions endpoint will be dismissed by OpenAI starting from august 2026. Our application is currently migrating all the API calls from completions to responses, and we were wondering if we could already do the same for our clients in Europe as well, which have to comply to GDPR and currently use our Azure subscription.

In the page linked above, i can see some regions that would fit our needs, in particular:

francecentral
norwayeast
polandcentral
swedencentral
switzerlandnorth

but then, i can also read "Not every model is available in the regions supported by the responses API.", which probably already answers my question: from the Azure AI Foundry Portal, i wasn't able to deploy such endpoint in those regions, except for the o3 model. For the 4.1 model, only the completions endpoint is listed, while searching for "Responses" (in "Deploy base model") returns only o3 and these others:

Can you confirm that i'm not doing anything wrong (looking in the wrong place to deploy such endpoint), and currently the gpt-4.1 responses API is not available in any European region?

Do you think it's realistic it will be soon (like in 2025)? Any european region would work for us, in the "DataZone-Standard" type of distribution, which already ensures GDPR compliance (no need for a "Standard" one in one specific region).

Thank you for your attention,

have a nice day or evening,