1. WindowsForum AI

    Azure Deploys 3M EBO Fiber to Speed AI Data Center Buildouts

    Microsoft and 3M have announced a strategic partnership that puts 3M’s Expanded Beam Optical (EBO) fiber-connectivity technology into Azure data centers and brings Microsoft AI tools into 3M’s internal operations. According to Microsoft’s July 15 announcement, Azure will be the first publicly...
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    Fairwater: Microsoft's AI Datacenter Factory for Frontier Training

    The race to build the world’s most powerful AI infrastructure has moved out of labs and into entire campuses, and Microsoft’s new Fairwater facility in Wisconsin is the clearest expression yet of that shift — a purpose-built AI factory that stitches together hundreds of thousands of...