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Microsoft Opens New Cloud Region in Poland

ITS FIRST REGION IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE Microsoft cloud arm has just announced the opening of its new data center region in Poland, its first cloud region in Central and Eastern Europe. The new cloud region consists of three…

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Microsoft Azure Opens New Cloud Region in Qatar

EXPANDING ITS UAE FOOTPRINT Microsoft cloud arm has just announced the launch of its new data center region in Doha, Qatar, providing 3 Azure Availability Zones through the new cloud region. As designed, the Qatar cloud region’s Availability Zones are…

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Enchanted Rock to Develop RNG Microgrid for Microsoft California Data Center

GREEN BACKUP POWER FOR DATA CENTERS Electrical resiliency-as-a-service provider, Enchanted Rock, has been contracted to develop a new renewable microgrid to provide backup power for a Microsoft data center in San Jose, California. The new microgrid will be fully supported…

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Microsoft to Build New Data Center Region in Finland

PARTNERS WITH FORTUM ON HEAT DISTRIBUTION Microsoft has just announced it plans to build a new data center region in Southern Finland, which will feature Azure Availability Zones – its cloud computing platform. Each zone within the cloud or data…

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Microsoft to Build New Cloud Region in Hyderabad

THE FOURTH MICROSOFT REGION IN INDIA Microsoft has just announced that it plans to establish a new data center region in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. This investment targets cloud and AI-driven customer operations in the country. Being the fourth Microsoft region…

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Microsoft to Develop a Sovereign Cloud in Singapore

AGREE ON ANNUAL TRAININGS AND CERTIFICATIONS Microsoft has just entered into an agreement with HTX (Home Team Science and Technology Agency) to develop a sovereign cloud in Singapore, addressing the technology needs across the country’s Home Team Departments. According to…

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Microsoft Opens It New Cloud Region in Sweden

POWERED BY 100% GREEN ENERGY Microsoft Corp. has announced the opening of its newest cloud data center region in Sweden, with presence in Gävle, Sandviken and Staffanstorp, enabling businesses with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 to run their workloads and store data within the country. The new Sweden cloud region will…

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Microsoft Opens Its Full Cloud Zones in Norway

NOW COMPLETELY AVAILABLE Microsoft has just announced the full opening of its cloud availability zones in Norway, delivering the complete build of the company’s Oslo cloud region. This Microsoft Cloud Norway Region was initially opened in 2019 which marked the…

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Pentagon Pulls Down $10B JEDI Cloud Contract

DOD TURNS TO A MULTI-VENDOR MODEL The U.S. Defense Department, Pentagon, has just canceled its $10 billion JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure) cloud contract which was awarded to Microsoft Corp., having faced lots of contest and criticism from rival cloud…

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Microsoft to Acquire AT&T’s Network Cloud

MOVING ITS MOBILE NETWORK TO AZURE Microsoft has just announced that it is acquiring AT&T’s carrier-grade Network Cloud platform technology, establishing an alliance that provides a path for all of AT&T’s mobile network traffic to be managed using Microsoft Azure…

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