Fonterra first customer for Microsoft's NZ data centres

Fonterra first customer for Microsoft's NZ data centres
Gavin Evans
Fonterra Cooperative Group has signed up to the new data centres Microsoft is establishing in New Zealand.The dairy giant is the first customer of the new centres being built in Auckland by Canberra Data Centres.The five-year deal is part of a broader partnership which will see Fonterra shift many of its mission-critical functions onto Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform.Piers Shore, Fonterra’s chief information officer, said the new arrangements build on the other strategic partnerships the company has with other providers, including...

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