DENVER and REDMOND, Wash. — JULY 24, 2024 — Today, Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced a partnership that will use the Microsoft Cloud to drive Lumen’s digital transformation further. In addition, Microsoft has chosen Lumen to expand its network capacity and capability to meet the growing demand on its data centers due to AI.
A network for the AI era
Datacenters have become critical infrastructure that power the compute capabilities for the millions of people and organizations who rely on and trust the Microsoft Cloud. Microsoft is playing a leading role in ushering in the era of AI, offering tools and platforms like Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Copilot and others, to help people be more creative, and more productive and to help solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges. As Microsoft continues to evolve and scale its ecosystem, it is turning to Lumen as a strategic supplier for its network infrastructure needs and is investing with Lumen to support its next generation of applications for Microsoft platform customers worldwide.