{"id":971712,"date":"2025-11-04T11:59:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T06:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=971712"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T06:29:06","slug":"microsoft-iren-deal-tech-giant-inks-9-7-billion-ai-cloud-pact-for-nvidia-chips-aims-to-bolster-data-centre-capacity-amid-soaring-ai-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/11\/04\/microsoft-iren-deal-tech-giant-inks-9-7-billion-ai-cloud-pact-for-nvidia-chips-aims-to-bolster-data-centre-capacity-amid-soaring-ai-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft-IREN deal: Tech giant inks $9.7 billion AI cloud pact for Nvidia chips; aims to bolster data centre capacity amid soaring AI demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has entered into a $9.7 billion cloud services agreement with Australian artificial intelligence infrastructure provider IREN, a deal that will give the tech major access to Nvidia chips as it scales its AI and cloud operations, AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>The five-year agreement includes a 20% prepayment and is aimed at supporting Microsoft\u2019s efforts to meet the surging demand for AI computing power. The announcement comes shortly after the Redmond-based company reported an 18% rise in quarterly sales to $77.7 billion, surpassing Wall Street estimates. The results, however, also drew attention to Microsoft\u2019s massive investments in cloud infrastructure and AI capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has entered into a $9.7 billion cloud services agreement with Australian artificial intelligence infrastructure provider IREN, a deal that will give the tech major access to Nvidia chips as it scales its AI and cloud operations, AP reported. The five-year agreement includes a 20% prepayment and is aimed at supporting Microsoft\u2019s efforts to meet the surging demand for AI computing power. The announcement comes shortly after the Redmond-based company reported an 18% rise in quarterly sales to $77.7 billion, surpassing Wall Street estimates. The results, however, also drew attention to Microsoft\u2019s massive investments in cloud infrastructure and AI capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-971712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=971712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=971712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=971712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=971712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}