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Microsoft

In the AI Economy Index: Major, 3.00% (as of 2 October 2026)

Provides cloud, productivity and software platforms, including Azure AI infrastructure.

DirectCloud & compute
What it does

Provides cloud, productivity and software platforms, including Azure AI infrastructure.

Why it matters

Its Azure cloud is the exclusive-at-launch home for many OpenAI models and a major venue for enterprise AI adoption.

How it makes money

Sells cloud computing, software and services, including AI infrastructure and AI-enabled products such as Copilot.

Geography

United States

AI stack position

Cloud and specialized AI compute providers. The companies that buy up AI infrastructure and rent out computing power to AI developers and businesses. This is how most companies access AI computing without building their own data centers.

What would change our view

Our view would change if Azure's AI capacity additions were disclosed as slowing while its commitments to outside providers kept rising. It would also change if the amended OpenAI agreement were changed again in a way that ends first-on-Azure distribution. Filings showing that leased capacity is being cancelled rather than deferred would change it too.

Things anyone could observe that would change how this map describes the company. They are not forecasts, and they are not a view on the company's securities.

Connections (46)

Every connection below is tied to a readable source, date, classification and statement of its limits. A company source establishes what that company stated; it does not necessarily provide independent confirmation.

Current relationships (21)

SpaceXAI (formerly xAI) distributes Grok models through Microsoft
Publishes throughCurrent
Microsoft's developer documentation, last updated August 26, 2026, lists eight SpaceXAI Grok models including grok-4.6 as Foundry Models sold by Azure and hosted on Microsoft's infrastructure.

Source: 2026-08-26 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: A product document. It does not disclose the revenue split between Microsoft and SpaceXAI, usage volumes, the length of the agreement, or whether Microsoft trains or fine-tunes anything. Several of the listed models are marked preview.

Deploy and use Grok models in Microsoft Foundry ↗
Synopsys co-develops agentic AI chip-design workflows with Microsoft
Co-develops withCurrent
Synopsys and Microsoft jointly developed autonomous agentic-AI chip-design workflows, made available for evaluation on Microsoft's Discovery platform, as part of a three-way collaboration that also includes AMD.

Source: 2026-07-27 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Describes an evaluation-stage platform collaboration; does not disclose revenue, licensing terms, or production usage by Microsoft's own chip teams.

Synopsys Advances Agentic AI Chip Design with AMD and Microsoft ↗
Harvey runs on Microsoft Azure AI infrastructure Microsoft
Uses technology fromCurrent
Microsoft has published a customer story describing Harvey's use of Azure AI infrastructure, and trade press reported a deepened Harvey-Microsoft relationship in July 2026.

Source: 2026-07-23 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Active cloud/technology partnership

Limits: Confirms a technology and customer relationship; does not establish exclusivity or the specific terms of any commercial agreement.

Harvey Deepens Microsoft Relationship ↗
Databricks partners with Microsoft
Partners withCurrent
Databricks and Microsoft expanded their partnership into the 2030s, with Databricks running its core business operations on Azure Databricks, adopting Azure Cobalt processors, and integrating Databricks Genie and Unity AI Gateway across Microsoft 365, Power BI and Teams.

Source: 2026-07-23 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Does not establish the financial terms of the partnership or exclusivity; Databricks also runs on AWS and Google Cloud.

Databricks and Microsoft expand partnership to help enterprises bring business context to enterprise AI ↗
Microsoft expanded strategic AI partnership with Mistral AI
Partners withCurrent
Microsoft and Mistral AI expanded their strategic partnership with a multibillion-dollar commitment to European AI infrastructure, deploying Mistral models (Mistral Medium 3.5, OCR 4) in Microsoft Foundry and Copilot Studio across Azure.

Source: 2026-07-21 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Active as of joint announcement, described as an expansion of an existing partnership

Limits: Describes an infrastructure and product-integration commitment; does not itself establish an equity stake, ownership percentage, or specific dollar figure.

Microsoft and Mistral expand strategic partnership to give enterprises and regulated industries frontier AI they can control ↗
Anthropic publishes models through Microsoft
Publishes throughCurrent
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 and Claude Haiku 4.5 models became generally available in Microsoft Foundry, hosted on Azure, with Anthropic operating inference as the data processor and consolidated billing against Azure commitments.

Source: 2026-06-29 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Does not establish exclusivity; Claude models are also distributed via AWS Bedrock and Google Vertex AI.

Claude in Microsoft Foundry is now generally available ↗
ServiceNow expanded AI agent governance integration with Microsoft
Partners withCurrent
ServiceNow announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft to deepen AI agent governance integration between the two companies' platforms.

Source: 2026-05-05 · reviewed 2026-09-27

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Active technology partnership

Limits: Confirms an announced partnership; does not disclose contract value or exclusivity.

ServiceNow expands AI agent governance through deeper integration with Microsoft ↗
OpenAI ships its products first on the cloud of Microsoft
Publishes throughCurrent
Under the amended agreement announced in April 2026, OpenAI said its products will ship first on Azure unless Microsoft cannot and chooses not to support the necessary capabilities, while OpenAI can now serve all its products across any cloud provider.

Source: 2026-04-27 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Describes contractual terms as of April 2026, not usage. It does not establish what share of OpenAI traffic runs on Azure, and it explicitly removes the earlier cloud exclusivity, so it should not be read as an exclusive arrangement.

The next phase of the Microsoft OpenAI partnership ↗
VNET operates Microsoft cloud services in China in partnership with Microsoft
Partners withCurrent
In its annual report for 2025, VNET said failure to maintain its partnership with Microsoft may have a material and adverse effect on its operations.

Source: 2026-04-16 · reviewed 2026-09-26

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Establishes an ongoing partnership as described by VNET; does not establish its revenue contribution, contract terms, which VNET entity holds it, or any AI-specific capacity supplied to Microsoft.

VNET Group, Inc. Form 20-F for fiscal year 2025 ↗
Applied Optoelectronics supplies optical networking products to Microsoft
SuppliesCurrent
Applied Optoelectronics' 2025 annual report says Microsoft accounted for 28.8% of its 2025 revenue.

Source: 2026-02-26 · reviewed 2026-09-26

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating (2025)

Limits: Does not specify which products Microsoft bought, contract terms, or future purchase commitments.

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 ↗
Microsoft invested in Wayve
Invested inCurrent
Wayve named Microsoft among the strategic participants in its 1.2 billion dollar Series D announced on 25 February 2026.

Source: 2026-02-25 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Wayve's own release. It does not state the amount, the stake acquired, or that Wayve trains its models on Microsoft Azure.

Wayve secures $1.5B to deploy its global autonomy platform ↗
TSMC manufactures chips for Microsoft
Manufactures forCurrent
Industry reporting indicates Microsoft's Maia 200 AI accelerator is built on TSMC's 3nm process node.

Source: 2026-01-27 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Reported operating

Limits: Does not confirm order volumes or exclusivity; TSMC does not comment on individual customers, and Microsoft's own materials do not name the foundry.

Microsoft Unveils Maia 200 AI Chip on TSMC 3nm; SK hynix Reportedly Sole HBM3E Supplier ↗
Astera Labs supplying CXL smart memory controllers used in Azure M-series VMs Microsoft
SuppliesCurrent
Astera Labs says its Leo CXL Smart Memory Controllers let customers evaluate CXL memory expansion in a private preview of Microsoft Azure M-series virtual machines, which Astera describes as the industry's first announced deployment of CXL-attached memory (Astera Labs, 18 November 2025).

Source: 2025-11-18 · reviewed 2026-09-27

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Private preview announced 18 November 2025; general availability not disclosed

Limits: Confirms Astera Labs' controllers are available in a private preview of an Azure VM family; does not establish general availability, deal value, purchase volume, or exclusivity.

Astera Labs' Leo CXL Smart Memory Controllers on Microsoft Azure M-series Virtual Machines Overcome the Memory Wall ↗
Astera Labs co-develops CXL memory technology with Microsoft
Co-develops withCurrent
Astera Labs and Microsoft jointly announced Astera Labs' Leo CXL Smart Memory Controllers integrated into Azure M-series virtual machines, with both companies' executives describing engineering collaboration from early architecture through platform integration; the offering is in private preview.

Source: 2025-11-18 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Azure M-series with Leo CXL controllers was in private preview as of this release, not general availability; does not establish deal value or exclusivity.

Astera Labs' Leo CXL Smart Memory Controllers on Microsoft Azure M-series Virtual Machines Overcome the Memory Wall ↗
Digital Realty provides interconnection infrastructure to Microsoft
Provides infrastructure toCurrent
Digital Realty deployed Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute cloud on-ramps in Atlanta, Brussels and Vienna (bringing its total to 15 such on-ramp locations globally), announced April 24, 2025, enabling customers private dedicated connections to Azure.

Source: 2025-04-24 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Describes interconnection infrastructure only; does not establish revenue, exclusivity, or volume of Azure traffic carried.

Digital Realty Deploys Three Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Cloud On-Ramps ↗
Meta Platforms distributes Llama models through Microsoft
Publishes throughCurrent
Microsoft announced that the first Llama 4 models were available in Azure AI Foundry and Azure Databricks from the day of their release.

Source: 2025-04-05 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Establishes catalog availability on Microsoft's platform as of April 2025 only. It does not establish revenue sharing, which later Llama versions are carried, usage levels, or any exclusivity.

Introducing the Llama 4 herd in Azure AI Foundry and Azure Databricks ↗
AMD supplies Microsoft
SuppliesCurrent
AMD Instinct MI300X accelerators power Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service workloads and the new Azure ND MI300X v5 virtual machine series.

Source: 2024-05-21 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Does not establish volumes purchased or that MI300X is Azure's primary AI accelerator, which remains predominantly Nvidia GPUs.

AMD Instinct MI300X Accelerators Power Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service Workloads and New Azure ND MI300X V5 VMs ↗
Siemens standardizes digital twin technology with Microsoft
Partners withCurrent
Siemens and Microsoft announced a joint commitment to converge Siemens' Digital Twin Definition Language (DTDL) with the W3C Thing Description standard to unify digital twin data models across IoT and industrial platforms.

Source: 2024-04-15 · reviewed 2026-09-27

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported ongoing standardization collaboration as of April 2024

Limits: Describes a technical standards collaboration, not a commercial supply or revenue relationship; does not establish current implementation status.

Siemens and Microsoft to converge Digital Twin Definition Language with W3C Thing Description Standard ↗
Microsoft provides cloud infrastructure to Synopsys
Provides infrastructure toCurrent
Microsoft named Synopsys its preferred partner for EDA in the cloud; Synopsys Cloud runs on Microsoft Azure infrastructure to deliver pay-per-use electronic design automation services to chip-design teams.

Source: 2022-03-30 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Describes a cloud-hosting and go-to-market partnership; does not disclose revenue share, contract length, or Azure capacity reserved for Synopsys Cloud.

Accelerate silicon design innovation on Azure with Synopsys Cloud ↗
Schneider Electric co-develops power distribution hardware with Microsoft
Co-develops withCurrent
Schneider Electric and Microsoft jointly designed a Universal Rack Power Distribution Unit (UPDU), presented at the 2017 OCP Summit, supporting multiple input power ratings so operators can deploy one PDU type at scale.

Source: 2017-03-13 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting of an on-record executive statement · Reported operating

Limits: Describes one specific hardware co-design shown at OCP Summit 2017; does not establish an ongoing exclusive relationship or current-day product usage at Microsoft data centers.

OCP Summit: Schneider and Microsoft team up on a distributed PDU ↗
Microsoft offers cloud virtual machines using NVIDIA
Uses technology fromCurrent
Azure currently offers GPU-accelerated virtual machines equipped with NVIDIA GPUs.

Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-17

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Product documented

Limits: General current product documentation; no contract value or exclusivity inferred.

Azure ND-family GPU virtual machines ↗

Dated or announced (21)

Teradata integrates its platform with Microsoft
Partners withDated / announced
Teradata announced an integration that lets customers run its platform directly on data stored in Microsoft OneLake without copying or migrating it.

Source: 2026-09-02 · reviewed 2026-10-02

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced; not confirmed operating

Limits: Product integration announcement by Teradata; does not establish a commercial agreement with Microsoft, revenue, or customer uptake.

Teradata Brings Enterprise AI Directly to Microsoft OneLake ↗
GE Vernova supplies gas turbines for Microsoft
SuppliesDated / announced
Microsoft is purchasing GE Vernova gas turbines, including two large units, to power a natural gas plant supporting its Texas AI data center project (Project Kilby) developed jointly with Chevron.

Source: 2026-06-22 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Project and turbine order announced June 2026; plant not yet operating

Limits: Based on media reporting of a project announcement; does not establish contract value, delivery date, full turbine specification, or completion; third-party developer Chevron is also involved and is not a company on this map.

Microsoft and Chevron plan one of the largest gas-powered data center projects in US ↗
Credo created a switch cable implementation with Microsoft
Co-develops withDated / announced
Credo's fiscal 2026 annual report says it created a switch cable and open-sourced implementation with Microsoft.

Source: 2026-06-15 · reviewed 2026-09-26

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Co-development reported; deployment scale not disclosed

Limits: Does not establish that Microsoft buys the product, volumes, revenue, or exclusivity.

Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd Form 10-K for fiscal year ended May 2, 2026 ↗
ABB builds its Genix industrial AI offering on Microsoft
Uses technology fromDated / announced
ABB said its ABB Genix industrial digital-twin offering uses Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Foundry for deployment, alongside NVIDIA Omniverse visualization.

Source: 2026-04-21 · reviewed 2026-10-02

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced product capability

Limits: Product announcement; does not establish ABB's Azure spending, customer numbers, or exclusivity of Microsoft as a cloud provider.

ABB Genix advances industrial digital twins through immersive 3D visualization with NVIDIA Omniverse and Microsoft Azure ↗
Caterpillar announced a power collaboration for a Microsoft-linked AI campus with Microsoft
Partners withDated / announced
Nscale said it and Microsoft announced a collaboration with NVIDIA and Caterpillar for a West Virginia AI campus, where Caterpillar G3500 gas generator sets are to provide 2 GW of power by mid-2028 and Microsoft signed a letter of intent for 1.35 GW of compute.

Source: 2026-03-16 · reviewed 2026-09-26

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced; not confirmed operating

Limits: Caterpillar's equipment goes to developer Nscale's campus, not directly to Microsoft; Microsoft's commitment is a letter of intent; does not establish order value, delivery or operation.

Nscale and Microsoft Announce Collaboration with NVIDIA and Caterpillar to Deliver 1.35GW of NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 GPUs at Flagship AI Factory Campus in West Virginia ↗
SK hynix supplies HBM memory to Microsoft
SuppliesDated / announced
SK hynix is reported to be the sole HBM3E supplier for Microsoft's in-house Maia 200 AI chip, which is fabricated on TSMC's 3nm process, according to Korean trade-press sourcing.

Source: 2026-01-27 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Reported operating

Limits: Sourced to unnamed people familiar with the matter; neither SK hynix nor Microsoft has confirmed this on the record, and the 'sole supplier' characterization is reported, not stated by either company.

Microsoft Unveils Maia 200 AI Chip on TSMC 3nm; SK hynix Reportedly Sole HBM3E Supplier ↗
Microsoft invested in Anthropic
Invested inDated / announced
Microsoft committed to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic as part of strategic partnerships announced with NVIDIA (committing up to $10 billion) and Anthropic.

Source: 2025-11-18 · reviewed 2026-09-27

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Historical / announced

Limits: Does not establish Microsoft's resulting ownership percentage in Anthropic or that the full $5 billion has been disbursed.

Microsoft, NVIDIA and Anthropic announce strategic partnerships ↗
Microsoft provides computing capacity to Anthropic
Provides computing capacity toDated / announced
As part of the Microsoft-NVIDIA-Anthropic partnerships, Anthropic committed to purchase $31.4bn, Nov 2026 – May 2033, non-cancelable except on Microsoft's uncured material breach (as reported) and to contract additional compute capacity of up to one gigawatt.

Source: 2025-11-18 · reviewed 2026-10-02

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Historical / announced

Limits: Does not establish that the $30 billion has been spent, only committed; Anthropic also runs substantial workloads on AWS and Google Cloud. Dollar figures added in V3.25.6 are from Anthropic's confidential prospectus as reported by Reuters on 29 September 2026. The prospectus has not been made public and Anthropic did not comment. A public filing could differ. The $31.4 billion figure replaces the $30 billion figure from Microsoft's 18 November 2025 announcement.

Microsoft, NVIDIA and Anthropic announce strategic partnerships ↗
Lambda provides GPU cloud capacity to Microsoft
Partners withDated / announced
Lambda and Microsoft announced a multibillion-dollar, multi-year agreement in November 2025 for Lambda to deploy tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs, including GB300 NVL72 systems, as part of Microsoft's AI infrastructure.

Source: 2025-11-03 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced

Limits: This confirms the announced scope and hardware type; it does not disclose the specific dollar value of the contract or the current deployment status of the GPUs.

Lambda Announces Multibillion-Dollar Agreement With Microsoft to Deploy AI Infrastructure Powered by Tens of Thousands of NVIDIA GPUs ↗
IREN signed a GPU cloud contract to provide capacity to Microsoft
Provides computing capacity toDated / announced
IREN said it signed a five-year GPU cloud services contract with Microsoft worth about $9.7 billion, for NVIDIA GB300 GPUs deployed in phases through 2026 at its Childress, Texas campus.

Source: 2025-11-03 · reviewed 2026-09-26

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced; not confirmed operating

Limits: Contract announcement; does not establish how much capacity has been delivered, revenue actually recognized, or that the full contract value will be realized. IREN's FY26 results describe the first of four 50MW deployments, not the full contract.

IREN Secures $9.7bn AI Cloud Contract with Microsoft ↗
Microsoft provides computing capacity to OpenAI
Provides computing capacity toDated / announced
As part of OpenAI's for-profit restructuring, Microsoft holds a 27% stake in OpenAI Group PBC (about $135 billion) and OpenAI is contracted to purchase an incremental $250 billion of Microsoft's Azure cloud services, though Microsoft no longer holds right of first refusal on OpenAI's cloud compute.

Source: 2025-10-28 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting of an on-record executive statement · Historical / announced

Limits: Does not establish that the $250 billion has been spent, only contracted; OpenAI now also sources compute from AWS, Oracle, Google Cloud and CoreWeave.

OpenAI completes for-profit move, Microsoft given 27% stake and $250bn Azure contract but no longer has cloud right of first refusal ↗
Nebius sells dedicated AI cloud GPU capacity to Microsoft Microsoft
Provides computing capacity toDated / announced
Nebius announced a multi-year, multibillion-dollar agreement (initially reported around $17.4 billion) to supply Microsoft with dedicated AI infrastructure capacity, announced September 8, 2025.

Source: 2025-09-08 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Signed agreement, capacity ramp underway

Limits: The announcement discloses the existence and headline value of the deal; it does not itemize delivered hardware specifications or Microsoft's actual usage of the capacity to date.

Nebius announces multi-billion dollar agreement with Microsoft for AI infrastructure ↗
AAON uses CRM software from Microsoft
Uses technology fromDated / announced
AAON said it undertook a CRM overhaul built on Microsoft Dynamics 365, and its leadership joined Microsoft and Argano on a webinar panel about AI-powered service operations.

Source: 2025-02-19 · reviewed 2026-10-02

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced; not confirmed operating

Limits: A software-customer relationship for AAON's internal operations; does not establish spending, scope of AI use, or any Microsoft purchase of AAON cooling equipment.

AAON Leadership Joins Microsoft and Argano to Explore AI-Powered Service Operations ↗
Anduril took over Microsoft's US Army IVAS headset contract Microsoft
Partners withDated / announced
The US Army approved a plan for Anduril to take over Microsoft's roughly $22 billion Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) augmented-reality headset contract, with reporting describing continued collaboration between the two companies on the transition.

Source: 2025-02-11 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Announced/in-progress contract transition (as of February 2025)

Limits: Describes a contract transition reported by trade press; does not establish the current 2026 status of the handover, final contract value actually paid, or the precise ongoing role Microsoft continues to play.

Anduril takes control of Microsoft's $22B VR military headset program ↗
MongoDB integrates its database with Microsoft
Partners withDated / announced
MongoDB announced at Microsoft Ignite 2024 that Atlas is available as a vector store in Azure AI Foundry, plus Microsoft Fabric mirroring and Azure Arc support.

Source: 2024-11-19 · reviewed 2026-10-02

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced; not confirmed operating

Limits: 2024 integration announcement; does not establish revenue through Azure, current usage, or exclusivity (MongoDB Atlas also runs on AWS and Google Cloud).

MongoDB Deepens Relationship with Microsoft through New Integrations for AI and Data Analytics and Microsoft Azure Arc Support ↗
CoreWeave provides computing capacity to Microsoft
Provides computing capacity toDated / announced
CoreWeave signed a contract with Microsoft to use CoreWeave's data centers to run AI models, with Microsoft planning to spend approximately $10 billion on CoreWeave services by 2030.

Source: 2024-11-04 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Historical / announced

Limits: Does not establish the contract's exclusivity or that the full $10 billion has been spent; the figure is a reported spending plan through the end of the decade, not confirmed directly by either company.

Microsoft to spend $10bn on CoreWeave by end of decade ↗
Constellation Energy agreed to supply power to Microsoft
SuppliesDated / announced
Constellation Energy signed a 20-year power purchase agreement to restart Three Mile Island Unit 1 (renamed the Crane Clean Energy Center) and sell the power to Microsoft for its data centers.

Source: 2024-09-20 · reviewed 2026-09-17

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Contract announced

Limits: The restart was targeted for 2027-2028 at signing; this is a long-term supply contract, not evidence of power currently flowing.

Constellation to launch Crane Clean Energy Center, restoring carbon-free power to the grid ↗
BlackRock co-founded the AI Infrastructure Partnership with Microsoft
Partners withDated / announced
BlackRock co-founded the AI Infrastructure Partnership with Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft and MGX, aiming to unlock $30B in private equity capital (up to $100B including debt financing) for AI data centers and power infrastructure.

Source: 2024-09-17 · reviewed 2026-09-21

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Founding partnership announced, September 2024

Limits: Figures are capital-mobilization targets, not amounts already deployed or contracted.

BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft, and MGX Launch New AI Partnership ↗
Microsoft announced cloud arrangement for OpenAI
Partners withDated / announced
The Azure platform was to extend OpenAI capacity onto Oracle infrastructure.

Source: 2024-06-11 · reviewed 2026-09-17

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Contract announced

Limits: Not evidence of exclusivity or the current full cloud contract.

OpenAI selects Oracle capacity through Azure ↗
Eaton supplies grid-interactive UPS systems to Microsoft
SuppliesDated / announced
Microsoft agreed to use Eaton's grid-ready EnergyAware UPS systems, which can respond to utility control signals and share stored battery energy with the electricity grid during supply shortages, in key data center markets.

Source: 2022-06-16 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Reported operating

Limits: Does not name specific markets, deployment volumes, or confirm current operational status of the grid-interactive program; reported via trade press rather than a joint release.

Microsoft signs with Eaton for data center backup power that supports the grid ↗
Microsoft signed as O3b mPOWER cloud customer of SES
Buys fromDated / announced
SES said in August 2021 that Microsoft would be the first cloud-provider customer of O3b mPOWER, placing gateways at or near Azure data centers for Azure Orbital and ExpressRoute.

Source: 2021-08-18 · reviewed 2026-10-02

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced; not confirmed operating

Limits: A 2021 announcement; does not establish that the arrangement continues in 2026, how much capacity Microsoft buys, or contract value.

SES's O3b mPOWER Tapped by Microsoft for Azure Network Cloud Services ↗

Comparisons (4)

SpaceX competes with Microsoft
Competes withComparison only
Network World reported on July 7, 2026 that SpaceX's AI compute offering places it against established providers including Microsoft, which the article says still lead on enterprise support and ecosystem maturity.

Source: 2026-07-07 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Product/market overlap

Limits: An analyst framing rather than a statement by either company. It does not compare capacity, pricing or customers, and Microsoft separately hosts and sells SpaceXAI's Grok models on Azure.

SpaceXAI wants to compete on AI infrastructure, not just AI models ↗
CrowdStrike competes with Microsoft Defender Microsoft
Competes withComparison only
CrowdStrike's own website publishes a direct product comparison positioning its Falcon platform as a competitor to Microsoft Defender in endpoint security.

Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Ongoing market competition

Limits: Reflects CrowdStrike's own marketing comparison; does not establish relative market share or independently verified performance claims.

Compare the CrowdStrike Falcon Platform vs. Microsoft ↗
Amazon Web Services competes with Microsoft
Competes withComparison only
Amazon Bedrock and Microsoft Azure AI Foundry are both generative-AI cloud platforms offering foundation-model access, hosting and enterprise AI tooling, positioning AWS and Microsoft as direct competitors in cloud AI infrastructure.

Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Reported operating

Limits: Does not imply any commercial agreement, shared revenue, or relative market share; based on this research's comparison of each company's own product pages.

Amazon Bedrock ↗
Microsoft competes with Google (Alphabet subsidiary)
Competes withComparison only
Microsoft Azure AI Foundry and Google Cloud's Vertex AI / TPU infrastructure, including the Ironwood TPU platform, are competing enterprise generative-AI and AI-infrastructure platforms.

Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Reported operating

Limits: Does not imply any commercial agreement between the companies or relative market share; based on this research's comparison of each company's own product announcements.

Ironwood TPUs and new Axion-based VMs for your AI workloads ↗
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Azure GPU virtual machines ↗
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