Cloud Computing
The latest Cloud Computing coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft’s Windows 365 Cloud Apps Public Preview: Stream Single Apps, Not the Whole Desktop
Microsoft took the wraps off Windows 365 Cloud Apps on September 18, 2025, pushing the service into public preview with a clear message: not every worker needs a full Cloud PC. The new capability...
UK to Get 23,000-GPU AI Supercomputer from Microsoft and Nscale, Plus OpenAI’s Stargate UK Platform
Microsoft, Nscale, NVIDIA, and OpenAI have cemented a multi‑billion‑pound plan to bring sovereign AI compute to the UK, headlined by the country’s largest ever AI supercomputer. The...
Microsoft pledges £22 billion for UK AI future, building largest supercomputer with 23,000 GPUs
Microsoft has unveiled a £22 billion ($30 billion) investment plan for the United Kingdom — the largest single-country commitment in the company’s history. Running from 2025 to 2028, the package...
Microsoft and Equinor to Build Digital Backbone for Carbon Capture — What It Means for Cloud and IT
Microsoft struck a strategic agreement with Norwegian energy company Equinor last week, cementing a partnership that will see the pair develop CO2 transport and storage value chains together across...
Microsoft’s AI-Fueled Double-Digit Growth Goal: What It Means for Your PC, Software, and Cloud Bills
In late January 2025, Microsoft told investors it expects the current fiscal year to deliver another round of double-digit revenue and operating-income growth—a more confident stance than the...
Azure Revenue Surges 39% to $75B Run-Rate as Microsoft Bets $30B+ on AI Infrastructure
Microsoft closed its fiscal year 2025 with a thunderclap: $76.4 billion in quarterly revenue, an 18% year-over-year leap, driven almost entirely by an AI-fueled cloud strategy. Azure’s annualized...
OpenAI Ditches Azure-Only Mandate as Stargate Brings $100 Billion Multi-Cloud AI Race
OpenAI will no longer be forced to run all its AI workloads on Microsoft Azure, as the two companies signed a non-binding agreement that replaces blanket exclusivity with a right of first refusal and...
Laid Off by Microsoft? Try Using ChatGPT to Cope, Xbox Exec Posted — Then Deleted It
A senior Xbox Game Studios producer published—and swiftly deleted—a LinkedIn post urging colleagues laid off by Microsoft to use generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot to manage not just...
Albania Puts an AI in Charge of Public Tenders to Crush Corruption
Albania’s government has elevated an AI-powered avatar to a cabinet-level role, charging it with the mission of making every public procurement tender “100% free of corruption.” The virtual...
AWS Startups VP Jon Jones Exits, Exposing Cracks in Cloud Giant's AI Talent Defense
Amazon Web Services’ vice president of global startups and venture capital outreach, Jon Jones, has left the company, marking the latest high-level departure from the cloud leader amid an...
Synchronized Workload and Rate Automation: ProsperOps' CloudX Win Signals FinOps Maturation
ProsperOps captured the 2025 CloudX Award in the Cloud Management category, validating a strategic pivot that sets the company apart in the crowded FinOps landscape. The award, presented at CloudX...
OpenAI’s Nonprofit to Get $100B+ Stake in For-Profit Arm Under Microsoft MOU
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