Hyperscale Data Centers
The latest Hyperscale Data Centers coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Promotes Mohit Garg to VP of AI Network Infrastructure: Azure's Strategic AI Bet
Microsoft has promoted Mohit Garg to vice president of engineering for AI network infrastructure, a move that signals the company's deepening commitment to building the foundational systems required...
Microsoft's Catawba County Data Center Restart: 720-810MW Hyperscale Expansion Explained
Satellite imagery and regulatory filings have confirmed a major coordinated restart of construction across three Microsoft hyperscale data center campuses in Catawba County, North Carolina, signaling...
How to Fix Microsoft Store 'There Has Been an Error' - Complete Troubleshooting Guide
The Microsoft Store error message 'There has been an error' represents one of the most frustrating Windows experiences for users trying to download apps, update software, or access digital content....
Microsoft's Wisconsin Data Center Expansion: Energy Costs, Grid Impact & Foxconn Legacy
Microsoft's ambitious plan to construct up to 15 new data center buildings on land in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin—the same 1,200-acre site once famously promised to Foxconn—has ignited a complex...
Florida's AI Bill Challenges Federal Inaction: DeSantis vs. Trump on Deepfakes & Tech Regulation
In a significant political and technological divergence, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has positioned his state at the forefront of a contentious national debate by signing the "Florida Citizen AI...
Microsoft's $50B AI Capex Surge: How Azure's 2026 Infrastructure Wave Will Transform Windows & AI
Microsoft's year-end position is simple and brutal: the AI build phase has moved from proof-of-concept to infrastructure industrialization, and Azure sits at the fulcrum of that transformation —...
Microsoft's $15.2B UAE AI Cloud Expansion: G42 Partnership & Data Center Strategy
Microsoft's landmark $15.2 billion investment in the United Arab Emirates represents one of the most significant international cloud computing expansions in recent history, with the technology giant...
Canada's AI Boom Threatens Water Resources as Hyperscale Data Centers Expand
On a sun-baked day in Nanaimo, British Columbia, lifelong residents found themselves confronting an unexpected local infrastructure battle—not against a factory or freeway, but against incoming...
Microsoft's Open Frontier AI Infrastructure Revolutionizes Data Center Design
Microsoft's strategic shift toward open, standardized frontier-scale AI infrastructure represents a fundamental transformation in how hyperscale data centers are designed and operated. At the recent...
Microsoft's Wisconsin AI Factory: How 72-GPU Racks and Liquid Cooling Could Supercharge the Cloud
On September 18, 2025, Microsoft revealed Fairwater—a 315-acre AI datacenter campus in Wisconsin that is more silicon foundry than server farm. Each rack inside holds 72 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs...
Microsoft Pours ZAR 5.4bn into South Africa’s Cloud and AI – Can Governance Keep Pace?
Microsoft has committed an additional ZAR 5.4 billion to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure in South Africa, anchoring a broader strategy that combines hyperscale data centres, nationwide...
Microsoft Taps Marvell's LiquidSecurity PCIe HSMs to Lock Down Azure Cloud HSM Infrastructure
Microsoft has selected Marvell's LiquidSecurity family of hardware security modules (HSMs) to underpin its Azure Cloud HSM service, the companies confirmed on August 18, 2025. The deal cements...