Microsoft bringing new data centre online in China

The move means that Microsoft’s cloud computing capacity in China, the world’s fastest-growing public cloud market, has been boosted 12-fold since 2014.(File pic shows people walking past a Microsoft office in New York.)

BEIJING: Microsoft Corp is bringing a new data centre region online in China, which highlighted the US tech heavyweight’s long-term commitment to the market and its dedication to helping both multinationals come to China and Chinese companies go global, according to a senior executive.

A data centre region is a physical location where companies cluster data centres.