Accelerating open-source infrastructure development for frontier AI at scale
Microsoft is contributing new standards across power, cooling, sustainability, security, networking, and fleet resiliency to advance innovation.
Datacenter
Microsoft Azure delivers the first large scale cluster with NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 for OpenAI workloads
Microsoft delivers the first at-scale production cluster with more than 4,600 NVIDIA GB300 NVL72, featuring NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs connected through the next-generation NVIDIA InfiniBand network.
Microsoft’s commitment to supporting cloud infrastructure demand in Asia
Microsoft is expanding its cloud infrastructure across Asia to help organizations scale with secure, AI-ready services. Learn more.
Microsoft and Mistral AI announce new partnership to accelerate AI innovation and introduce Mistral Large first on Azure
Today, we are announcing a multi-year partnership between Microsoft and Mistral AI. We are fueled by a steadfast dedication to innovation and practical applications, bridging the gap between pioneering research and real-world solutions.
The anatomy of a datacenter—how Microsoft’s datacenter hardware powers the Microsoft Cloud
Leading hardware engineering at “the” software company is not as strange as it sounds, as the Microsoft Cloud depends on hardware as the foundation of trust, reliability, capacity, and performance, to make it possible for Microsoft and our customers to achieve more.
Microsoft expands cloud services with two new datacenters in Wyoming
Today, we are announcing the launch of two new Microsoft datacenters in Cheyenne, Wyoming—one in Cheyenne Business Parkway and another in Bison Business Park—enabling us to expand and support the growth and demand for our digital services in our West Central US datacenter region.
Expanding cloud services: Microsoft launches its sustainable datacenter region in Arizona
Today we are launching our newest sustainable datacenter region in Arizona, known as “West US 3.” Datacenters are today’s engine for modern business, providing organizations of all sizes the cloud services and tools to innovate, collaborate, and operate securely and efficiently at scale.
Advancing in-datacenter critical environment infrastructure availability
There are many factors that can affect critical environment infrastructure availability—the reliability of the infrastructure building blocks, the controls during the datacenter construction stage, effective health monitoring and event detection schemes, a robust maintenance program, and operational excellence to ensure that every action is taken
Progress on our commitment to sustainable backup power in datacenters by 2030
In July 2020, we announced our goal to eliminate our dependence on diesel fuel for backup power in our datacenters by 2030. This is in addition to our commitment to have 100 percent supply of renewable energy procured for our datacenter operations by 2025.
Learn about the latest innovations: Inside Azure Datacenter Architecture
At Microsoft Ignite, I presented the “Inside Azure Datacenter Architecture” session to give a tour of the latest innovations around how Azure enables intelligent, modern, and innovative applications at scale in the cloud, on-premises, and on the edge.
Our commitment to expand Azure Availability Zones to more regions
The cloud continues to play a critical role in our everyday lives. Our customers range from classrooms and small businesses to critical life and safety services and Fortune 500 companies.
Architect and optimize your internet traffic with Azure routing preference
At Microsoft, we see our customers going through rapid digital transformation to accelerate business growth and empower their employees. And the shift to the digital sphere means a phenomenal growth in internet traffic.