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Microsoft walked away from a $3 billion deal to lease Oracle cloud capacity over security concerns
Microsoft was recently in talks with Oracle for cloud infrastructure, but sources say the deal fell through over security and compliance concerns.
TL;DR
- Microsoft's talks with Oracle to lease cloud infrastructure for over $3 billion fell through.
- The deal failed due to security and compliance concerns, including Oracle's public cloud lacking FedRAMP authorization.
- The AI boom is creating a scarcity of computing power, leading tech companies to compete for infrastructure.
- Microsoft is projecting significant capital expenditures ($190 billion by 2026) to expand data center capacity.
- Other tech companies like SpaceX and Google are also making large deals for AI compute capacity.