{"id":4496,"date":"2016-09-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/microsoft-azure-now-available-from-uk-datacenters"},"modified":"2025-06-23T09:18:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T16:18:33","slug":"microsoft-azure-now-available-from-uk-datacenters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/microsoft-azure-now-available-from-uk-datacenters\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Azure now available from UK datacenters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, I\u2019m proud that Microsoft is the first global provider to deliver the complete cloud from datacenters in the UK. 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