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Microsoft and NVIDIA announced an expansion of their strategic infrastructure partnership on September 2, 2026, to integrate NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 liquid--cooled systems into Azure data centers. The deployment, scheduled to commence in December 2026, is designed to provide a significant increase in compute density and energy efficiency for training and inferencing next--generation large language models. This collaboration ensures Microsoft maintains its competitive edge in AI performance, directly addressing the surging enterprise demand for Azure AI services while optimizing data center power consumption.