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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 to deploy AMD Helios rackscale solution to support inference workloads and Azure services
AMD will start shipping Helios in H2 2026
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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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Microsoft launches VMs based on Cobalt 200 chip in preview, Maia 200 already in production
Announced at Microsoft Build 2026
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Microsoft unveils Majorana 2 quantum chip
Company says chip puts it on path to achieve scalable quantum computer by 2029
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Anthropic in talks to use Microsoft's custom Maia AI chips - report
Remain in early stages and may not progress to an agreement
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OpenAI and Broadcom in discussions over financing of $18bn custom chip project – report
Broadcom’s investment in initial project phase reportedly tied to Microsoft purchase commitments
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Nscale to deploy 66,000+ Rubin GPUs for Microsoft in Portugal
Two companies scale up agreement for Sines Data Campus
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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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Microsoft claims to be first hyperscaler to "power on" Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 system
Plus the other clouds set to adopt the latest generation of Nvidia AI infrastructure
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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 claims oven door material can replace expensive fused silica for Project Silica long-term data storage system
Microsoft Research Cambridge has published its findings on the benefits of borosilicate glass in science journal Nature
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Microsoft unveils Maia 200 inferencing chip
Designed using TSMC’s 3nm process technology, company has already deployed chip in its US Central data center region
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Microsoft-backed quantum startup Photonic Inc. raises $131m
Round saw investment from the Royal Bank of Canada, Telus, and Microsoft
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Microsoft reveals next generation Cobalt CPU and Azure Boost
Cobalt 200 approaches
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Microsoft says it has access to the IP of OpenAI's custom AI chips
Part of the two companies' recent agreement
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Microsoft's neocloud spending surpasses $60bn
Nscale alone contributes $23bn
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Microsoft becomes first company granted export license by US gov’t to ship Nvidia GPUs to UAE
Allowed to ship the equivalent of 60,400 A100 chips, but unclear if exports have begun
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Microsoft signs multi-billion-dollar cloud capacity deal with Lambda
Yet another massive compute commitment made by the cloud giant
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Microsoft signs $9.7bn cloud capacity deal with Iren
Spanning five years, Microsoft will access Iren's Nvidia GB300 GPUs
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Microsoft has AI GPUs “sitting in inventory” because it lacks the power necessary to install them
Speaking on the Bg2 Pod, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said power, not compute, is biggest data center constraint
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Microsoft deploys cluster of 4,600 Nvidia GB300 NVL72 systems for OpenAI
Company says its the first of many
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Microsoft CTO claims company will mainly use its own AI chips in the future
That may take a while
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Microsoft partners with Corintis for bio-inspired in-chip microfluidic cooling
Claims three times the performance of cold plates
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Orca partners with PCSS for Nvidia-supported quantum AI integration
Plus some other quantum news from the week
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Microsoft plans to expand computing capacity for in-house AI models - report
Tech giant will make "significant investments" in its own clusters
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Microsoft Research develops analog optical computer
Room-temperature system is more efficient at solving certain problems than binary digital computer