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42 more than one together to combine their capabilities .
Researchers will now be looking into exactly what was responsible for this greater reliability rate in the hopes of also translating those advantages to land-based server farms for increased performance and efficiency across the board .
Now that the idea of placing data centres underwater is no longer fanciful , Microsoft is now exploring space , recently announcing plans for a satellite ground station service and a colocation agreement with satellite broadband provider SES . Satellites are less prone to infrastructure challenges in terms of unplanned issues with ground-based infrastructure .
“ We are extending Azure from under the sea to outer space ,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during his opening keynote of the Ignite event , referencing Project Natick . “ With Azure Orbital , we are now taking our infrastructure to space , enabling
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