Cloud Infrastructure
The latest Cloud Infrastructure coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Uber’s Selfie Check Was Just the Start: Microsoft’s Decade-Long AI Journey from Cortana to Copilot
In September 2016, Uber began asking drivers to snap a selfie before they could accept fares. The feature—dubbed Real-Time ID Check—wasn’t just a safety tweak; it was a working proof of...
Windows 365 Nested Virtualization Brings Linux to Cloud PCs; Android Support Still a Question Mark
Microsoft has officially documented support for nested virtualization on Windows 365 Cloud PCs, giving enterprise users the ability to run Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), Hyper-V, and Windows...
East US Azure Capacity Exhausted on July 29: Your Playbook for When the Cloud Isn't Infinite
On July 29, 2025, hundreds of Azure customers in the East US region tried to launch virtual machines and got an error they didn't expect: not a configuration glitch or a network timeout, but a flat...
Microsoft’s Azure Backlog Tops $368 Billion as AI Compute Drives 39% Growth
Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform surpassed a $75 billion annualized revenue run rate for the first time, while the company’s remaining performance obligation—contracted future...
AI Spending Surge Pushes IaaS to $171.8B, Hyperscalers Command 71% Market Share
The global infrastructure-as-a-service market vaulted to $171.8 billion in 2024, a 22.5% leap that starkly outpaced the prior year’s 16.2% growth, as the three largest providers—Amazon Web...
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud: Which One Pays Off in 2025 After Microsoft’s $80B AI Infusion
Microsoft’s plan to pour $80 billion into AI-enabled data centers this fiscal year, confirmed by president Brad Smith, isn’t just a staggering number—it’s a signal that the cloud career...
Microsoft Azure Secretly Powers Israeli Military's Million-Call-an-Hour Surveillance of Palestinians
Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform has been secretly harnessed by Israel’s military intelligence Unit 8200 to intercept, store, and analyze millions of Palestinian phone calls per hour, a joint...
Azure Storage Discovery with Copilot Enters Public Preview, Centralizing Multi-Account Blob Management
Microsoft launched Azure Storage Discovery into public preview on August 6, embedding Copilot’s natural language capabilities into a fully managed service designed to corral sprawling cloud storage...
13 Petabytes of Israeli Surveillance Data on Palestinians Stored by Microsoft Azure, UN Report Says
More than 13 petabytes of Israeli military surveillance data on Palestinians—including biometric records, intercepted communications, and AI-generated targeting lists—sits on Microsoft Azure...
Microsoft Azure Powers Israeli Mass Surveillance of Palestinians, Investigation Reveals
Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform has been secretly harnessed as the technological backbone for one of the most expansive surveillance programs in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to an...
Controversy Surrounds Israel’s Unit 8200 Use of Microsoft Azure for Surveillance
A storm of controversy has erupted following the recent exposure of Israel’s Unit 8200 leveraging Microsoft Azure cloud technology to conduct large-scale surveillance on Palestinian communications....
Dr. Chan Wai Mun Joins VCI Global as Chief AI & Data Officer to Drive Enterprise AI Transformation
The appointment of Dr. Chan Wai Mun as Chief AI & Data Officer at VCI Global Limited marks a milestone not only for the firm but also for the broader movement toward artificial intelligence (AI)...