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Microsoft confirms a power outage at a data center broke Windows 11's Microsoft Store and Windows Updates. In a statement, Microsoft said, "A power outage at a datacenter is impacting customers’ ...

Mount Pleasant approved 15 more Microsoft data centers with a unanimous board vote. The expansion adds to two data centers already under construction in the village. Some residents raised concerns, ...

Thousands of Microsoft customers reported difficulty Thursday accessing the technology company's suite of Microsoft 365 services, including email platform Outlook, Teams and other tools. But the ...

Update 02:28 AM ET: Microsoft 365 services have now been restored. Microsoft has confirmed a major outage is impacting its Microsoft 365 services in the North America region, taking out apps and ...

Although public backlash against data centers has been intense over the past 12 months, all of the tech industry’s biggest companies have promised additional buildouts of AI infrastructure in the ...

Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith laid out a plan Tuesday to reduce the tech giant’s impact on electricity bills and water resources amid growing local opposition across the country to AI ...

Microsoft said that consumers won't pay more when the software maker sets up data centers and committed to replenish more water than it uses. Utility prices have climbed across the U.S. as tech ...

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a new initiative called “Community-First AI Infrastructure” that commits the company to paying full electricity costs for its data centers and refusing to seek local ...

Yet another data center will soon emerge near the Far Westside of San Antonio, according to a recent Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) filing. It's set to further the Lone Star State ...

Their exits may strain Microsoft’s push to expand AI capacity as energy constraints and infrastructure bottlenecks increasingly dictate the pace of cloud growth. Microsoft has lost two senior data ...

Microsoft has purchased additional land in Racine County, Wisconsin, for approximately $38 million. The new acquisitions total about 135 acres across Mount Pleasant. These purchases expand the company ...