Microsoft announced several cloud infrastructure updates, including Azure Cobalt 200 virtual machines delivering a 50% performance boost and fully optimized for modern agentic AI workloads, alongside the second-generation Maia 200 accelerator. The company also introduced Azure HorizonDB, an enterprise-ready PostgreSQL engine purpose-built for the AI era, and previewed Foundry Local on Azure Local, enabling sovereign AI deployments that keep data within a customer’s own environment.

New Azure Cobalt 200 VMs Deliver 50% Performance Improvement