Microsoft Corp. is still suffering from a computing capacity crunch despite massive spending on data centers, a scenario that weighed on the company’s closely watched Azure cloud unit.

Microsoft has axed some of its leases on data centers as DeepSeek’s rapid rise casts doubt over massive US spending on artificial intelligence, according to a report. The Washington-based software giant has canceled leases in the US totaling “a couple ...

“Right, it’s just continuous to add to the value of Microsoft, another 135 billion added today, and it’s consistent with Microsoft being the intersection of software and AI ... up more than 2 gigawatts of data center capacity over the past 12 ...

Microsoft partners with xAI, Meta, Mistral and Black Forest Labs on AI models Models from OpenAI rivals will be hosted in Azure data centers New coding agent will carry out software development tasks autonomously The announcements, made at Microsoft's ...

Based on the easing of exclusivity by the two companies, analysts say these moves aren’t surprising, but they do have broader market implications. OpenAI is reportedly contemplating building its own data center as Microsoft backs off on its own ...

Instead of using Microsoft’s Office software, the ICC would switch to openDesk, an open-source office and collaboration suite provided by the Center for Digital Sovereignty (ZenDiS) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior. A spokesperson for the ICC confirmed the migration to The Register but declined to comment further.

Editor’s note: This is a guest analysis from Christopher Budd, who previously spent a decade at the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC). Emergency security teams know summer weekends are made for work. Last weekend was a reminder of that industry ...

The consumer watchdog said the vendor failed to disclose the existence of a cheaper Microsoft 365 plan sans Copilot, the latest query into the company’s bundling practices.