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Microsoft Moves toward Community‑First AI Infrastructure Signals

Microsoft Moves toward Community‑First AI Infrastructure Signals

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January 13, 2026

Microsoft Tries To Defuse Local Backlash With “Community‑First” AI Data Center Playbook Microsoft announced a “Community‑First AI Infrastructure” initiative in...

Azure becomes default runway for NVIDIA Rubin‑scale AI deployments

Azure becomes default runway for NVIDIA Rubin‑scale AI deployments

Melissa Palmer
January 12, 2026

Microsoft positions Azure as the default runway for NVIDIA Rubin-scale AI Microsoft announced that Azure data centers are already engineered...

Microsoft backs $1B Lowell data center facing local resistance and delays

Microsoft backs $1B Lowell data center facing local resistance and delays

Melissa Palmer
January 8, 2026

In a story we have been following closely, it has finally been announced that Microsoft is the company behind a...

Microsoft pause at Cherry Valley, Illinois reshapes AI tracking

Microsoft pause at Cherry Valley, Illinois reshapes AI tracking

Melissa Palmer
December 22, 2025

Microsoft spent $32.3 million on 340 acres in Boone County for a new data center site but has effectively hit...

Local pushback blocks planned backup AI data center site in Wisconsin

Local pushback blocks planned backup AI data center site in Wisconsin

Melissa Palmer
December 9, 2025

Yorkville’s village leadership has effectively shut the door on a proposed backup data center that would have supported Microsoft’s growing...