Microsoft declines an option to more than double its Texas data-centre contract with Nscale (FT)
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Key facts
- Bloomberg (Nov 5, via Techmeme): Microsoft is tightening oversight of some data-centre projects, stepping away from ones it deems risky and debating whether to sign new neocloud deals (IREN, Nebius, Nscale named in the URL), citing delays and costs
- Bloomberg (Nov 6, via Techmeme): Microsoft has been turning off capacity rented from Oracle after declining to renew a 2023 deal, because the hardware used older Nvidia chips
- Comes as Democratic wins in Texas raise uncertainty for its data-centre sector; CoreWeave bonds hit new lows (Bloomberg)
What happened
Written from Techmeme’s summary (FT paywalled).
Sources
3 sources from 2 sites. Numbers match the chips in the text.
3 sources: 3 press
Press
- FT: Microsoft rejects option to expand Nscale Texas contractft.com, press
- Bloomberg: Microsoft sours on neoclouds (Nov 5)bloomberg.com, press
- Bloomberg: Microsoft is winding down Oracle deal to rent AI cloud capacity (Nov 6)bloomberg.com, press
Changes
- Bloomberg on neocloud caution and the Oracle wind-down (headlines only, paywalled) (news agent)
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