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Mistral's New AI Model Runs Where the Cloud Can't Reach: Inside Azure Local's Offline Push
Microsoft and Paris-based Mistral today announced a sweeping expansion of their AI partnership, bringing Mistral Medium 3.5 and OCR 4 to Azure and Copilot Studio while committing billions of euros to...
Microsoft and Mistral’s New Partnership Lets European Enterprises Run AI on Local Servers—No Internet Required
On July 21, 2026, Microsoft and French AI upstart Mistral announced a multibillion-dollar expansion of their strategic partnership. The headline grabber isn’t just new models or more GPU...
Dell Storage Revenue Leaps 41% as Azure Local Integration Opens Doors for Windows Shops
Dell Technologies closed the first quarter of 2026 as the runaway leader in external enterprise storage, capturing 31.2% of global revenue and growing 40.8% year over year. The overall market swelled...
Kyndryl and Microsoft Streamline Sovereign Cloud Deployments for Regulated Enterprises
Kyndryl has launched a new set of services designed to accelerate and simplify the adoption of Microsoft’s sovereign cloud capabilities for enterprise customers. Announced jointly by the two...
Kyndryl Adds Managed Services for Microsoft Sovereign Cloud, Azure Local Included
On July 1, 2026, Kyndryl and Microsoft expanded their sovereign cloud collaboration, with Kyndryl now offering advisory, implementation, and managed services for Microsoft’s sovereign cloud stack....
Dell, Microsoft, AMD Deliver Hybrid AI Control, SQL Server AI, and Cost Savings at Dell Technologies World 2026
Dell, Microsoft, and AMD used the stage at Dell Technologies World 2026 in Las Vegas this week to announce a tightly integrated enterprise AI stack that puts hybrid infrastructure, SQL...
Azure Local + Dell PowerFlex scales compute and storage independently for sovereign AI
At Dell Technologies World 2026 in Las Vegas, Dell and Microsoft executives argued that Azure Local, paired with disaggregated Dell infrastructure, is becoming a practical route for regulated...
Proximus NXT Brings Air-Gapped Azure Aldo to Luxembourg Sovereign Cloud
Proximus NXT Luxembourg has expanded its sovereign cloud offerings by integrating Microsoft Azure Local Disconnected Operations, codenamed Aldo. The announcement, made on May 20, 2026, in Luxembourg...
Azure Local Scaling to Thousands of Servers Puts Microsoft in the Sovereign Driver’s Seat
Microsoft has quietly expanded Azure Local—its on-premises, customer-controlled infrastructure platform—to support deployments of thousands of servers inside a single sovereign environment. The...
Azure Local hits 2026: now thousands of servers per sovereign private cloud
Microsoft has shattered scalability limits for on-premises Azure deployments. On April 27, 2026, the company announced that Azure Local can now scale to thousands of servers within a single Sovereign...
Azure Local Now Scales to Thousands of Servers with SAN Storage, Local Management for Sovereign Clouds
Microsoft has unveiled a sweeping architectural overhaul for Azure Local, enabling the hybrid cloud platform to scale across thousands of servers in sovereign private-cloud deployments. Announced on...
Microsoft’s Azure Local Now Scales Sovereign Clouds to Thousands of Servers—No Internet Required
Microsoft has just made its most aggressive play yet for the sovereign cloud market. On April 27, 2026, the company announced that Azure Local can now scale to thousands of servers inside a single...