Microsoft gets Qatar’s nod for expansion

Reuters Updated - January 02, 2019 at 09:36 PM.

FILE PHOTO: The Microsoft sign is shown on top of the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 19,2018./File Photo

Qatar's Cabinet approved the establishment of a Microsoft global data centre in the small Gulf country, State news agency QNA reported on Wednesday. Azure, Microsoft's cloud platform, announced plans to expand into the Middle East for the first time last year by setting up data centres in the neighbouring United Arab Emirates.

Published on January 2, 2019 15:58