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Founded in 2010 , Azure is Microsoft ’ s public cloud computing platform . With 160 active data centres in 60 regions around the world – more than any other cloud provider – the Azure cloud platform is now made up of more than 200 products and cloud services designed to help bring new solutions to life , solving today ’ s challenges and shaping the future . Its cloud services include compute , analytics , storage and networking .

Headquartered in Redmond , Washington , USA , Azure ’ s robust infrastructure and comprehensive suite of services allows it to offer a secure and scalable cloud platform for deploying applications , storing data , and accessing computing resources .

Using Azure can help organisations achieve their sustainability goals . The Azure platform , Microsoft says , can be up to 93 % more energy efficient than using a traditional enterprise data centre . Microsoft has been carbon neutral since 2012 and is committed to being carbon negative by 2030 , with

the commitment by 2050 to remove all the carbon it ’ s directly emitted since its founding in 1975 .

The Azure platform also provides enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure on which customers and partners can rely . This includes physical elements like redundant power , networking , and cooling , as well as software elements like safe deployment processes , impactless maintenance , and failure prediction enabled by ML .

Microsoft also makes use of infrastructure innovations such as underwater data centres , liquid immersion cooling projects , and hydrogen fuel cell technologies to boost the performance , efficiency , power consumption , and costs of Azure . It shares server and data centre infrastructure designs , emphasising security and standardisation , as part of the Open Compute Project – promoting a vibrant industry ecosystem for global data centre deployment in the cloud .

With the likes of ASOS , Daimler and McKesson among its clients , Azure delivers fast and personalised experience to some of the world ’ s leading brands .

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