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Microsoft Confirms Provision of AI and Cloud Services to Israeli Military

Microsoft has confirmed that it sold AI and cloud computing services to the Israeli military during the ongoing war in Gaza, though it denies its technology was used to harm people. The cloud company released a statement on May 15 in response to "concerns from our employees and the public" abo...

May 22, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft to Purchase 1.5 Million Tons of Carbon Removal Credits in India

Microsoft has agreed to purchase 1.5 million tons of carbon removal credits over the next 30 years from a large-scale afforestation project in India. The agreement was signed with Climate Impact Partners, a provider of carbon markets solutions, and Terra Natural Capital, a firm that offers cli...

March 14, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Riot Platforms plans expansion into artificial intelligence and high-performance computing workloads

Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms is considering an expansion into artificial intelligence and high-performance computing workloads and has appointed three new directors to its board to evaluate whether spare capacity can be repurposed.Riot, which develops some of the largest mining facilities in t...

February 12, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft acquires land in Kenosha, Wisconsin, for data center development

Microsoft has purchased another 240 acres of land in Wisconsin for data center projects. The land in question is nearby to Microsoft's existing Mount Pleasant project, construction on which was "paused" at the start of this year. At the time, Microsoft said: “We have paused early construction ...

January 30, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Uranium prices hit all-time high

Uranium prices have hit an all-time high, with artificial intelligence data centers driving increased demand for nuclear fuel. comes as large data center operators have begun prioritizing nuclear power as a crucial energy source for their operations. According to an FT report, the price of enr...

January 15, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft to expand cloud offering in Luxembourg

Microsoft is planning to expand its cloud computing services in Luxembourg through its Microsoft Belux (Belgium-Luxembourg) department. This will give Luxembourg-based customers access to Microsoft's cloud computing offerings while maintaining data sovereignty and reducing latency.In a report ...

January 09, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft launches local Azure zones in Australia

Microsoft this week that it will make a "significant extension of its global data center footprint to Western Australia (WA) to help meet the growing demand for cloud and AI services across the state and support economic growth." The expansion will see Microsoft deploy an Azure Extended Zone t...

December 16, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft launches New Zealand cloud region

Microsoft, today, has launched its first cloud region in New Zealand located in Aotearoa. This region will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy and use air cooling technology. The company first announced plans to develop a data center region in New Zealand in May 2020, receiving approval...

December 13, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft launches New Zealand cloud region

Microsoft, today, has launched its first cloud region in New Zealand located in Aotearoa. This region will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy and use air cooling technology. The company first announced plans to develop a data center region in New Zealand in May 2020, receiving approval...

December 12, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft plans two data centers outside Cologne

Microsoft is to build two data centers near Cologne as part of a major German investment program. The company is developing data centers in Bergheim and Bedburg, two towns to the west of Cologne in the Rhein-Erft district."The establishment of a hyperscale data center campus from Microsoft is ...

November 27, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Coles Group and Microsoft sign five-year cloud

Aussie retailer Coles Group has signed a five-year partnership with Microsoft for cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Coles will be using Microsoft's cloud, AI, and Edge computing offerings to develop an AI-as-a-Service platform and to modernize its IT estate. The agreement is ho...

November 26, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft's AI VP Luis Vargas quits

Microsoft's vice president of AI, Luis Vargas, has quit the technology giant and will now be the founder and CTO of a new AI startup, details of which have yet to be revealed."I feel extremely fortunate to have worked with exceptional people on many exciting things, from introducing HA/DR in S...

November 14, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Research details prototype data center robotics efforts

Microsoft Research has given a glimpse at some of its prototype data center robotics efforts in a paper for Hotnets. The team said that "this marks the beginning of a fundamental shift in how we conceive and design data center hardware and the software services," but noted that the effort was ...

November 07, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft acquires acres of land in North Carolina

Person County last week announced that Microsoft had acquired the 1,350-acre Person County Mega Park. Citing county property records, local press report Microsoft paid $26.85 million for the site, located in Woodsdale Township."Microsoft's presence in Person County will boost our local economy...

November 05, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

TMF Group selects Orange for hybrid cloud solution

Professional services firm TMF Group which provides administrative services such as tax, HR, and payroll services across 125 offices in 86 jurisdictions, has selected Orange Business to help it deploy a centralized managed hybrid cloud solution. The company is now using Microsoft's Azure Stac...

October 19, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Ansys and TSMC to partner with Microsoft for silicon photonic simulations

Ansys and TSMC have teamed up with Microsoft to enhance the simulation and analysis of silicon photonic components. Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology is a type of optical communication that speeds up data transfer speeds and is used in data centers and IoT applications.“The ...

October 15, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft invests in AI and cloud computing infrastructure in Italy

Microsoft has committed to investing €4.3 billion ($4.75bn) in expanding its cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) data centre infrastructure in Italy, making this Microsoft's largest investment in the country to date. It will be expanding its data center in Northern Italy, and has also com...

October 05, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft invests in AI and cloud computing infrastructure in Italy

Microsoft has committed to investing €4.3 billion ($4.75bn) in expanding its cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) data centre infrastructure in Italy, making this Microsoft's largest investment in the country to date. It will be expanding its data center in Northern Italy, and has also comm...

October 03, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft signs carbon deal with Arbor

Microsoft has signed a biomass carbon sequestration carbon capture deal with biomass sequestering company Arbor. The company's system uses waste biomass to create power, while also capturing the CO2 it says would have been released into the atmosphere via that biomass decomposing or burning up...

September 21, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft signs 20-year, 835MW AI data center PPA to reopen Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant

Microsoft plans to take up 100 percent of a revived Three Mile Island nuclear power plant to faid its AI datacenter plans. If approved by regulators, Constellation hopes to open the 837MW Pennsylvania facility in 2028. 100 percent of the power will go to Microsoft, to match the power used by i...

September 20, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

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