Microsoft Plans Its First Cloud-Data Centers in Middle East
Sites to Open in Dubai, Abu Dhabi. Cloud leader Amazon plans one in Bahrain
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Microsoft Corp. will open data centers in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, its first in the Middle East, part of the software maker’s rapid geographic expansion to win cloud-computing business worldwide and pry customers from Amazon.com Inc.
Microsoft also plans to open two cloud sites in Switzerland, in the Geneva and Zurich regions, and will add two new locations in Germany. The company declined to say where in Germany or specify when all the new sites will open.