Microsoft

Microsoft is a global technology leader that develops and licenses software and services across a broad range of devices. It is headquartered in Redmond, Wash., and was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Satya Nadella currently serves as CEO. Microsoft’s divisions include Windows, Office, Azure and LinkedIn. The company’s competitors include Apple, Amazon and Google. Our coverage of Microsoft closely follows the company’s attempts to lead in artificial intelligence, such as its major $11 billion investment in OpenAI.
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The booth of Chinese optical equipment maker ZTT at the Data Centre World Asia last week. Credit: CloserStill Media
AI Infrastructure

Why Google, Amazon and Microsoft Need Chinese Data Center Suppliers

By Claudia Chong · Oct 5, 2026 8:00am PDT
U.S. data center operators’ reliance on Chinese manufacturers for batteries, cooling systems, optical transceivers and other equipment has come under scrutiny over national security concerns.But Chinese equipment makers have an edge over their American counterparts, which have been criticised for long lead times amid supply chain shortages. So... U.S. data center operators’ reliance on Chinese manufacturers for batteries, cooling systems,...
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The Briefing

Microsoft’s Executive Exodus Foreshadows Business Transition

By Martin Peers · Oct 1, 2026 5:01pm PDT
Is there a fire alarm going off at Microsoft’s headquarters? A slew of Microsoft executives have bolted for the exits in recent weeks, most recently Ryan Roslansky, executive vice president of Office apps, who said Thursday he would leave at the end of this year. A day earlier it was Microsoft Science President Peter Lee’s turn. Both follow a... Is there a fire alarm going off at Microsoft’s headquarters? A slew of Microsoft executives have...
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Applied AI

Microsoft Tears Down Its AI Data Wall

By Kevin McLaughlin · Sep 29, 2026 9:38am PDT
Microsoft’s biggest products have generally thrived by letting other companies build on top of them. So Microsoft’s decision to join Apache Ossie, a 1-year-old software industry group aiming to make it easier for AI tools to access data from applications and databases, might not seem like a big deal. But actually it is.Just four months ago,... Microsoft’s biggest products have generally thrived by letting other companies build on top of...
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Applied AI

Can Microsoft Help Customers Cut Back on Claude?

By Aaron Holmes · Oct 6, 2026 10:33am PDT
There was good news and bad news for Anthropic in our story yesterday that showed how two of its mega-customers, Microsoft and Meta, were cutting their staffs’ Claude bills.Among the bad news was that Microsoft had reduced its spending on Claude by more than 33% from its peak of over $1 billion, on an annualized basis, earlier this year. ... There was good news and bad news for Anthropic in our story yesterday that showed how two of its...