{"slug": "databricks-and-microsoft-expand-azure-partnership-into-the-2030s", "title": "Databricks and Microsoft expand Azure partnership into the 2030s", "summary": "Databricks Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have extended their strategic partnership into the 2030s, with Databricks increasing its use of Microsoft Azure to run core operations and analytics while adopting Azure Cobalt 200 processors for AI workloads. Microsoft will integrate Databricks' data and AI technology across products including Microsoft 365, Teams, Copilot, and Power BI, targeting enterprise AI adoption challenges around connecting models to trusted business data.", "body_md": "### Databricks and Microsoft expand Azure partnership into the 2030s\n\nDatabricks Inc. and Microsoft Corp. today said they’re extending their strategic partnership into the 2030s as the companies seek business from enterprises building artificial intelligence applications grounded in proprietary data and business context.\n\nUnder the expanded agreement, Databricks will increase its use of Microsoft Azure to operate its own business. The company plans to run core operations and analytics on Azure Databricks while building its unified data lakehouse on the platform.\n\nDatabricks will also expand its use of Azure Cobalt, Microsoft’s Arm-based computing infrastructure, for data-intensive and agentic AI workloads. Databricks currently uses Cobalt 100 processors and plans to adopt Cobalt 200, which Microsoft says delivers up to 50% better performance and provides memory encryption by default.\n\nMicrosoft, in turn, said it will continue integrating Databricks’ data and AI technology across products that include Microsoft 365, Teams, Copilot, Power BI, OneLake, Purview and Microsoft Foundry.\n\nThe integrations will include Databricks Genie, an AI assistant that connects users and agents with an organization’s business data. Genie Ontology provides the business concepts and relationships needed to interpret that data, while Unity AI Gateway gives companies a centralized way to govern models, agents, usage and costs.\n\nThe companies are targeting a persistent obstacle to enterprise AI adoption: Although organizations possess large amounts of operational data, they often struggle to connect models and agents to trusted business knowledge while maintaining security, governance and cost controls.\n\n“The next generation of AI will be defined by how effectively organizations turn their unique knowledge into intelligence,” said Judson Althoff, chief executive of Microsoft’s commercial business. He said Databricks’ increased use of Azure Databricks and Cobalt infrastructure should improve performance, efficiency and scalability.\n\nThe companies said Azure Databricks is already used by thousands of organizations, including Banco Bradesco SA, Electrolux AB, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., Unilever PLC and Major League Baseball’s Cincinnati Reds.\n\n##### Image: SiliconANGLE/ChatGPT\n\n# A message from John Furrier, co-founder of SiliconANGLE:\n\nSupport our mission to keep content open and free by engaging with theCUBE community. **Join theCUBE’s Alumni Trust Network**, where technology leaders connect, share intelligence and create opportunities.\n\n**15M+ viewers of theCUBE videos**, powering conversations across AI, cloud, cybersecurity and more** 11.4k+ theCUBE alumni**— Connect with more than 11,400 tech and business leaders shaping the future through a unique trusted-based network.\n\n# Are you AWS customer? 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