Provider allow-list
A provider allow-list is the list of inference providers, such as a model maker's own API or a specific cloud, that may process a company's AI requests. A request that would go to any provider not on the list is blocked.
Why it matters for companies
The same model is often served by several clouds and hosts, each with its own contract, location and retention terms. Security reviews approve providers, and a model allow-list alone does not say who processes the data.
The list has to apply to fallbacks as well. A failover that routes around the list defeats it.
Example
A healthcare company approves only the two clouds it already has data processing agreements with. When a new host starts offering the same model, it is not used until an admin adds it to the list.
How Standard Compute handles it
Choose exactly which inference providers may handle your data, for the whole company, a team or a single key. Lower levels can only narrow the rules, new providers are never added without an admin's approval, and fallbacks can never route around your list.