"Stop me if you've heard this before: A major U.S. cloud computing provider is opening a new set of data centers in the U.K. On Tuesday, it was Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announcing the news that the company is adding Microsoft Azure data center capacity in the U.K., it's first in that country. A week ago it was public cloud rival Amazon Web Services announcing plans for new U.K. data centers to open in 2017."
"Both companies previously fielded facilities in Ireland that carried a lot of their European workloads. Both companies have also recently announced new data centers in India either available now ( Microsoft) (MSFT) or coming soon ( Amazon) (AMZN). Ditto China. You see the trend here. Microsoft Azure and Office 365 services are slated to be available from the new U.K. sites late next year, with other offerings like Dynamics CRM to follow, the company said in its statement."
Microsoft is adding Azure data center capacity in the U.K., marking its first facilities in that country. Amazon recently announced plans for U.K. data centers opening in 2017. Both providers previously operated facilities in Ireland and have announced or opened new centers in India and China. Azure and Office 365 services will be available from the new U.K. sites late next year, with Dynamics CRM to follow. Public cloud deployments benefit from proximity for multiple reasons, notably faster interaction and compliance with local data storage expectations after the Safe Harbor collapse.
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