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Microsoft links Azure with AWS for hyperscale harmony
Amazon cloud gets multicloud networking boost
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Nvidia debuts Spectrum-6 switches to power next-gen AI networking
Microsoft and SpaceXAI join neoclouds among early users
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Microsoft taps 3M’s expanded beam tech to streamline AI infrastructure connectivity
Partnership to reduce data center deployment times… and dust
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Lightstorm to launch India-Malaysia-Singapore subsea cable system with Microsoft, Singtel, and Tata Communications
Follows Tata’s earlier announcement it would be investing in the consortium
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Microsoft unveils micro LED innovation to halve data center energy use
Could be cheaper to manufacture and more durable, as it is less sensitive to environmental factors
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Nvidia, Broadcom form group to standardize optical interconnects for next-gen AI clusters
OCI-MSA looks to drive open 'plug-and-play ecosystem’ in the notoriously fierce optics market
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Microsoft reveals next generation Cobalt CPU and Azure Boost
Cobalt 200 approaches
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Singapore-Japan subsea cable system to be built by Singtel-led consortium and NEC
Cable will be 8,900km long
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Tarana Wireless and Microsoft to deploy ngFWA broadband to underserved African communities
The company claims its partnership with Microsoft will lower the cost of ngFWA equipment for ISPs in Africa
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nEye Systems raises $58m for optical switch technology
Startup has raised $72.5m since founding in 2020
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Microsoft Research details early-stage modular robotics for data centers
Team behind Silica crabs tackles networking maintenance machines
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FDA seeks high-speed direct connections from its data centers to cloud regions
Seeks to connect the FDA's Ashburn data center and White Oak data center to the cloud
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Microsoft to deploy Lumen Private Connectivity Fabric, telco to move to Azure
In network infrastructure and cloud migration project partnership
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Microsoft Azure's March outage in South Africa due to subsea cable cuts
Company lost 3.5 out of four redundancy routes
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Outages spike in West Africa: Subsea cable damage off Ivory coast
WACS and ACE cables said to be impacted
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Microsoft developing its own networking chip - report
Latest signal the company is looking to reduce its reliance on Nvidia
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Nokia, Microsoft, and Austria's A1 combine on 5G Edge cloud network slicing trial
Claims that the trial in Vienna is an "industry first" for 5G Edge cloud
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Microsoft tests sub-terahertz indoor wireless links for data centers
Technology could complement cabled connections, hyperscale giant says
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Vodafone signs $1.5bn deal with Microsoft for cloud, AI, and IoT
Agreement to last 10 years
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Aqua Comms, Meta, Microsoft, and Vodafone complete trans-Atlantic Amitié cable
Links UK and France with the US
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Microsoft blames Azure West Europe networking issues on severe weather conditions
Storm cut fiber between two Dutch data centers
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MTN throws hat into 5G Standalone ring with Microsoft partnership
Conducts a proof of concept in the South Africa Azure Region
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Shares in data center electric cable supplier Credo halve as biggest customer cuts orders
That customer is believed to be Microsoft
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Microsoft Azure outage blamed on WAN router IP change
Has taken steps to stop it happening again
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Viasat partners with Microsoft to expand Internet access across the globe
Set to connect up to 10 million people by the end of 2025
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Microsoft acquires hollow core fiber firm Lumenisity
Cloud companies acquires UK-based optical fiber company
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Microsoft launches private enterprise CDN service
eCDN optimized for company-wide townhall meetings, training videos etc.
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Nokia wins Microsoft Azure data center network switch contract
The companies previously worked together on Sonic