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Microsoft will open first Middle East data centers in 2019

Published 03/14/2018, 07:47 AM
© Reuters.  Microsoft will open first Middle East data centers in 2019
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  • Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) will open its first data centers in the Middle East next year.
  • The centers will be located in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
  • The announcement blog post also announces that Microsoft Cloud in France has officially opened. Microsoft Azure and Office 365 are available today with Dynamics 365 following early next year.
  • Competitor Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) will also open its first Middle East data center in 2019 in Bahrain.
  • KeyBanc estimates that Microsoft held a 20% share of the public cloud market in Q4, up four percentage points on the year. Amazon’s market share fell from 68% to 62% in the same period.
  • Microsoft shares are up 0.7% premarket to $95.05.
  • Previously: Microsoft reportedly opens two German data centers (March 13)
  • Now read: Who Will Become The Next FANG?


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