Comment by malshe
16 hours ago
I think the region is just the HQ of the provider. So z.ai's region is Singapore but it's quite likely that their servers are actually in China
16 hours ago
I think the region is just the HQ of the provider. So z.ai's region is Singapore but it's quite likely that their servers are actually in China
I don't think that's right, or if it is, OpenRouter has incorrect data. Several Chinese companies (headquartered in China) have Singapore listed as their region on OR. And some companies, like Alibaba Cloud, have multiple regions listed.
I'm happy to be proven wrong, but this makes me think that the region is where the servers are, not where the HQ is.
I couldn't find any article that states z.ai has a data center in Singapore. There are stories of their new 1 GW data center in China though. Also, openrouter lists HQs on their providers page which matches the regions. https://openrouter.ai/providers
Interesting. I wonder where they're getting their data from then, because they list Z.ai under Singapore, but everything I'm finding says they're based in Beijing. Same with MiniMax.
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