innFactory AI Consulting, based in Rosenheim, Germany, supports enterprises across the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and Europe with GDPR-compliant deployment of Google Gemini. With the release of Gemini 3.1 Pro (GA) in February 2026, Google offers one of the most capable multimodal models on the market. However, Gemini 3.x models are currently NOT available in EU regions via Vertex AI. For GDPR-compliant usage, older generations (Gemini 2.5 Pro, 2.0 Flash) remain available in europe-west4 (Netherlands).
Key Strengths
Industry-Leading Context Window
Gemini 3.1 Pro processes up to 2 million tokens in a single context. This enables analysis of extensive contract portfolios, technical documentation, or entire codebases in a single request. Gemini 3.1 Flash offers a 1 million token context window at significantly lower cost.
Native Multimodal Processing
The Gemini 3.1 family natively processes text, images, audio, video, and PDF documents. This enables use cases such as automated video analysis, document extraction from scanned PDFs, or meeting evaluation combining audio and visual material.
Google Ecosystem
- Vertex AI: Enterprise deployment with SLA (EU hosting only for older models)
- Google Workspace: Integration with Docs, Sheets, Gmail, and more
- Search Grounding: Access to current web information
- Google AI Studio: Rapid prototyping and API access
Specialised Variants
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Thinking: Extended reasoning for complex STEM tasks with a transparent thinking process
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Deep Research: Specialised for multi-step research and long analysis tasks
EU Availability
Gemini 3.x models (including 3.1 Pro, 3.1 Flash, 3.1 Flash Thinking, 3.1 Pro Deep Research, and 3.0 previews) are currently NOT available in EU regions via Vertex AI. Only older generations — Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 2.0 Flash — are available in the europe-west4 region (Netherlands). For GDPR-compliant enterprise usage, these older models remain the only option for EU-hosted deployment. Google has not yet announced a timeline for 3.x availability in EU regions.
Integration with CompanyGPT
Gemini models are integrated in CompanyGPT and can be operated GDPR-compliant via Vertex AI in the EU. Enterprises benefit from a unified interface for multiple AI models with full data protection compliance.
Our Recommendation
For GDPR-compliant usage in the EU, Gemini 2.5 Pro is currently recommended, as all 3.x models are not yet available in EU regions. Gemini 3.1 Pro remains the top choice for demanding enterprise applications where EU hosting is not required, offering complex reasoning and large document processing. Gemini 3.1 Flash offers the best price-performance ratio for fast, cost-efficient workflows with high throughput. The 3.0 preview models have been superseded by the GA releases. Older generations (2.5 and 2.0) are deprecated but remain the only GDPR-compliant options via Vertex AI in the EU.