Cloud Cultures

In the Cloud Cultures series, leaders from 12 different countries share how they’re tackling some of the world’s most complex challenges.

Excited to explore this industrious spirit and a cloud culture closer to home, we ventured to the Northeastern and Midwestern states—the famed Rust Belt—to learn how entrepreneurial adaptability is energizing both people and businesses in the area.

While innovation is often associated with monumental breakthroughs or flashy advancements, I found that in Japan, innovation thrives in the simplest forms. It’s a philosophy woven into the Japanese way of life—a reverence for simplicity, mindfulness, and the intrinsic value of everything around us.

Amidst the swiftly changing digital landscape, Malaysia stands out as a dynamic force capturing global attention.

Welcome to season two of Cloud Cultures, a video series that explores local cultures’ distinct approaches to cloud innovation.

Milan, Italy, is home to one of our newest datacenter regions, supporting the Microsoft Cloud and Italian customers are already taking advantage of Azure services from this new region.

Our two data center regions in the United Kingdom have been live for nearly a decade and built to help support the exploding growth of the cloud in the United Kingdom and Europe.

The rapid pace of technological advancements we are seeing on a global scale is exciting, but if there is one thing that I love more than technology, it is the people, the stories, and the life experiences that influence how it’s used.

This series will highlight the people I’ve met along the way who are using technology to improve the world around them along with the powerful themes of innovation converged with local customs, values, and ways of living.