(Reuters) – Microsoft will expend Lumen Applied sciences’ network gear to lengthen its ability for AI workloads, the companies acknowledged on Wednesday, as the technology big looks to fulfill rising search records from at its records centers.
Microsoft acknowledged in April that an absence of records heart infrastructure desired to deploy AI items became hampering its ability to capitalize on the increase within the technology.
The firm has taken an early lead within the AI flee attributable to its funding in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and has been pouring billions of bucks into cloud infrastructure to retain its edge over Google-guardian Alphabet and Amazon.com.
As a part of the deal on Wednesday, Lumen will faucet the tech big’s Azure cloud products and services to diminish charges.
The swap to Azure, the companies acknowledged, will wait on enhance Lumen’s cash drift by more than $20 million over the following one year, helping the turnaround efforts at the firm that restructured its debt in March.
Lumen had $18.59 billion in prolonged-term debt as of March 31, per its most up-to-date quarterly earnings document.
(Reporting by Aditya Soni in Bengaluru; Modifying by Savio D’Souza)