Microsoft to deploy AMD’s next-generation AI infrastructure on Azure
AMD and Microsoft have expanded their long-term partnership to deploy AMD’s next-generation AI infrastructure across Microsoft Azure, with the companies collaborating on processors, accelerators, networking and software to support large-scale artificial intelligence workloads.
As part of the agreement, Microsoft will deploy AMD’s Helios Rackscale Solution, which combines AMD Instinct MI455X GPUs, sixth-generation AMD EPYC “Venice” processors, Pensando networking technology and ROCm software. According to AMD, the platform will be used to support AI inference for Microsoft’s frontier AI models, Azure AI services and enterprise customers running AI workloads on Azure.
AMD said customer shipments of the Helios platform, including deployments for Microsoft, are expected to begin in the second half of 2026.
In addition to the Helios deployment, Microsoft will introduce two new Azure virtual machine (VM) series powered by sixth-generation AMD EPYC processors. The Azure HDv2 series is designed for agentic AI and data processing workloads, while the Azure...
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