Microsoft Azure is expanding its cloud infrastructure in Europe to meet the growing demand for cloud services and AI capabilities. This expansion includes new and existing datacenters with advanced AI accelerators, networking, and storage solutions. The goal is to make Azure the best platform for any enterprise workload, including migrating existing workloads to the cloud or bringing in services like SAP or Oracle Database.
The expansion includes significant investments in regions like UK South, Sweden Central, and Germany West Central, making them the largest datacenter regions in Europe. These regions offer cost efficiencies, a wide range of services, and support for European data boundary requirements. Similar expansions are planned for regions like Italy North and Spain Central.
Microsoft’s datacenters are designed to be sustainable, supporting their goals of being carbon negative, water positive, and zero waste. They believe AI will play a key role in tackling the climate crisis, and services like Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability can help customers quantify carbon impact and measure optimizations.
Customers choosing Microsoft Azure can select from many regions worldwide, considering factors like cost optimization, regulatory compliance, and workload optimization. Microsoft provides tools and frameworks like the Cloud Adoption Framework and Well Architected Framework to help customers achieve their cloud adoption goals and optimize their workloads.
