Microsoft Azure Plans New China Data Centers in Asia Cloud Expansion China North 3 will be the first Azure availability region in China to feature multiple zones for high-availability applications.
Microsoft is planning to launch an additional Azure cloud availability region in China, the company’s second new Asian data center region announcement in as many weeks.
Last week the company said it also had an Indonesia Azure region in the works.
Tuesday’s announcement was part of a long list of Microsoft news announced at its annual Ignite conference, taking place this week online.
Another Azure data center-related announcement at Ignite Tuesday was general availability of Azure Resource Mover. Microsoft first announced the feature at last year’s Ignite and started previewing it then. The free feature makes it easier for users to move workloads between different Azure availability regions.