As I described here, Power BI can send SQL queries in parallel in DirectQuery mode and you can see from the Timeline column there is some parallelism happening here – the last two SQL queries ...

Microsoft and international neocloud provider, G42 set to expand the UAE’s digital infrastructure with a 200-megawatt (MW) increase in datacenter capacity As part of Microsoft’s $15.2 billion ...

Microsoft has committed to “paying its way” to ensure its data centers will not ramp up residential utility rates, becoming the first major hyperscaler to publicly commit to a comprehensive framework ...

Microsoft is proposing to build 15 new data centers in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. The proposed expansion would add approximately 8.7 million square feet to its operations in Racine County. These plans ...

A Department of Government Efficiency employee shared Social Security data without agency officials’ knowledge and in violation of security protocols, the Justice Department said in a court filing ...

The tech giant laid out a five-point plan to address backlash in communities around the country over AI infrastructure buildouts. Microsoft is pledging to pay for the full costs borne by communities ...

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to curb water usage at its U.S. data centers and limit the impact on the general population from any potential ...

Microsoft says it will ask to pay higher electricity bills in areas where it’s building data centers, in an effort to prevent electricity prices for local residents from rising in those areas. The ...

Microsoft said it will pay its own way as the artificial intelligence (AI) boom drives massive energy demands across the country. The company announced Tuesday that it will absorb higher utility rates ...

Microsoft said on Tuesday that it would be taking a series of steps toward becoming a “good neighbor” in communities where it is building data centers—including promising to ask public utilities to ...

Microsoft (MSFT) announced today it has acquired Osmos, an agentic artificial intelligence data engineering platform designed to simplify complex data workflows. No financial details on the ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Taylor Soper on Jan 5, 2026 at 2:28 ...