Azure

Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing platform, recently introduced the NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 supercluster, marking a significant advancement in AI infrastructure. This new offering includes advanced GPU types and extensive connectivity options, designed to facilitate the training and deployment of frontier AI and high-performance computing workloads.

Azure

Provider Profile

Founded

2010

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington, USA

Pricing Model

Azure provides both pay-as-you-go and reserved instance pricing models to accommodate varying workload demands and budget considerations.

Technical Specification

Target Audience
  • Enterprise ML
  • High-Performance Computing
  • Research
GPU Clusters & Offerings
  • NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 with Blackwell Ultra GPUs
  • ND GB200 v6 VMs with Blackwell architecture
  • ND A100 v4 with NVIDIA Ampere A100 GPUs
  • NC A100 v4 with NVIDIA PCIe A100 GPUs
Network Fabric
  • InfiniBand
  • NVIDIA NVLink and NVSwitch
Connectivity Bandwidth
Up to 800 Gbps per GPU and 400 GB/s scale-out networking
Storage Architecture
  • NVMe
  • Premium Blob Storage
  • High-throughput Block Storage
Compute Framework Compatibility
  • TensorFlow
  • PyTorch
  • Jax
Resource Orchestration
Kubernetes
Security Infrastructure
  • SOC2
  • ISO 27001 compliance
  • regular penetration testing
Developer Interface & APIs
  • Azure CLI
  • Azure SDK
  • REST API
Support Operations
  • 24/7 Support Desk
  • Community Forums
  • Dedicated Technical Account Manager
Resource Availability
GA
Datacenter Locations
Regulatory Compliance
  • ISO 27001
  • SOC 2
Key Platform Features
  • Advanced InfiniBand networking up to 800 Gbps per GPU
  • Rack-scale system with GB300 supercluster
  • High-performance ND A100 v4 VMs for scale-up and scale-out HPC workloads

Last Audit: February 2026