Cloud Providers
The latest Cloud Providers coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Maintain Dominance in 2026 Cloud Market with Niche Players Rising
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud continue to control the cloud computing market in 2026, maintaining a collective market share that exceeds 65% of global cloud infrastructure...
Claude AI Survives DoD Scrutiny: Microsoft & Google Keep Enterprise Access Open
In a significant development for enterprise AI adoption, major cloud providers Microsoft and Google have confirmed that Anthropic's Claude models will remain available for commercial customers...
Why Microsoft, Amazon, Google Are Betting Billions on AI Infrastructure
The hyperscalers are not panicking—they are building. Over the last earnings cycle, the three biggest cloud platforms—Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud—have collectively...
Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud battle for $280B enterprise AI market
The enterprise AI revolution is fundamentally reshaping the competitive landscape of public cloud computing, with Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform all positioned...
OpenAI Breaks Azure Exclusivity: Inside the Multicloud ROFR Deal Reshaping AI Infrastructure
The exclusive compute contract that made Microsoft Azure the sole cloud home for OpenAI’s cutting-edge models has given way to a more flexible arrangement. Under a new non-binding memorandum of...
Microsoft Adds Anthropic’s Claude to Office 365 as US Rescinds AI Chip Export Rule
The U.S. government’s surprise decision on May 13, 2025, to scrap a major AI chip export-control framework has collided with a new congressional push to force domestic prioritization of...
Multi-Vendor AI Was Meant to Cut Costs; Now Enterprise Bills Are Surging 36%
Enterprise spending on AI has jumped 36% year-over-year, from an average of $62,964 per month in 2024 to $85,521 in 2025, according to a multi-tenant study cited in a recent Tech in Asia analysis....
Red Sea Cable Failures Trigger Internet Slowdowns Across South Asia; Azure Warns of Higher Latency
Internet connectivity across South Asia and the Gulf region has been severely degraded following a cluster of undersea cable failures in the Red Sea, with cloud providers including Microsoft Azure...
Microsoft: Azure Latency Surge as Red Sea Cables Cut, Traffic Rerouted
On September 6, 2025, Microsoft issued a service health advisory warning Azure customers that multiple undersea fiber-optic cable cuts in the Red Sea are causing increased latency and intermittent...
OpenAI's $30 Billion SoftBank Tranche at Risk as Microsoft Talks Delay Restructuring
A deadlock between OpenAI and its largest strategic partner, Microsoft, over API access, intellectual property rights, and a disputed AGI escape clause has stalled the AI developer’s hotly...
Alibaba's $53B Cloud Bet Fuels Web3 Infrastructure Rush Among AWS, Google, Microsoft
Alibaba Group’s announcement that it will invest RMB 380 billion (approximately $53 billion) over the next three years into AI and cloud infrastructure is more than a single company’s technology...
Urgent Fix: Hyper-V Race Condition CVE-2025-50167 Lets Attackers Seize Host Control
Microsoft has confirmed a dangerous race condition in Windows Hyper-V that gives an attacker with low-level access a path to full host compromise, escalating privileges to the kernel level. Tagged...