Microsoft unwraps modular data center
The transportable, self-contained data centers offer Azure cloud services for disaster response, military missions and other use cases requiring high-intensity, secure computing on Azure.
Date: 2020-11-03
URL: https://gcn.com/articles/2020/11/03/microsoft-modular-data-center.aspx
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