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Crews linked two data centers 700 miles apart into a single machine, and a cloud giant says the fiber link cuts AI training time from months to weeks
Microsoft has linked two Fairwater data centers 700 miles apart into one AI superfactory, cutting model training time from months to weeks.
Picture two warehouses the length of several football fields, one in Wisconsin, one outside Atlanta, 700 miles apart on the map.
Inside each, rows of server racks hum under a two-story ceiling, cooled by pipes instead of fans.
Engineers in both buildings watch the same training job crawl across their screens at the same moment.
So how do two buildings hundreds of miles apart start acting like they share the same room?
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