Microsoft winds down rented Oracle computing capacity as deal lapses over older Nvidia chips

Microsoft has been turning off rented computing capacity from Oracle after declining to renew a 2023 deal, citing that the hardware used older Nvidia chips.

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2026-11-06 18:05 · Techmeme
Sources: Microsoft has been turning off rented computing capacity from Oracle after declining to renew a 2023 deal, because the hardware used older Nvidia chips

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