The Microsoft Azure Cloud is huge….very huge!! We could also say H-y-uuuuuuu-ge!!! This blogpost by Microsoft explains the current size and it’s still growing very fast!!
Here are some facts about Microsoft’s Cloud Infrastructure that powers Microsoft Azure, Office 365, Xbox Live, and many other services:
- The Microsoft Cloud is made up of more than 100 datacenters worldwide.
- The Microsoft Cloud serves over 140 countries.
- The Microsoft Cloud is comprised of MILLIONS of servers, and growing!
- The Microsoft Cloud is built with the latest hardware innovations to maximize efficiency.
- The Microsoft Cloud is connected by enough fiber to stretch to the Moon and back 3 times!
- Microsoft processes Millions of network requests per second backed by high availability infrastructure.
- Everything is monitored 24x7x365
- The Microsoft global infrastructure is 100% carbon neutral.
- Microsoft has built one of the most connected networks in the world so you don’t have to.
- Microsoft Azure is used by 85% of Fortune 500 companies.
Microsoft is also aiming to increase that figure to 50 by 2018!!