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Microsoft winds down Oracle AI compute rental over older Nvidia chips

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Sources report Microsoft is shutting down rented AI computing capacity from Oracle after declining to renew a 2023 deal, citing the use of older Nvidia chips. This move is part of a broader reassessment of billions of dollars in cloud partnerships.

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    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 (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

    Brody Ford / Bloomberg : 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 — Microsoft Corp. is winding down an arrangement to rent AI computing from Oracle Corp., part of a larger reassessment of billions of dollars in cloud partnerships.

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