Mistral made its Regional Endpoints generally available on August 11, 2026, with dedicated API base URLs for Europe (api.eu.mistral.ai) and the US (api.us.mistral.ai), billed at a 1.1x multiplier on input tokens, output tokens, and caching operations. Inference runs in the selected region, with limited exceptions for sub-processor transfers. At launch, only core inference and function calling work at regional endpoints; agents, batch processing, and file management are excluded. A Priority Tier in public preview offers a 99.5% uptime SLA at 1.75x list price. Zero Data Retention is a separate opt-in switch, and the account plane can still process data out of region.
Mistral also began hosting Z.ai's GLM-5.2, a competing model, on its EU infrastructure, with the characterization that its core offer is a European compliance perimeter around whichever model is worth serving, including a rival's.
For long-term compute, Mistral introduced European Compute Units (ECUs), converting multi-year enterprise commitments into access to Mistral-built infrastructure, with a stated target of up to 1 GW of AI compute capacity in Europe by 2030. Named anchor clients include BNP Paribas, Orange, SNCF, Thales, Kyutai, Veolia, Mirakl, Schneider Electric, SLB Group, and Black Forest Labs.