Microsoft puts Maia 200 into production, plans multi-gigawatt Maia rollout from 2027
aigclink · x · 2026-10-12
Microsoft EVP of Cloud + AI Scott Guthrie announced a major step for its custom silicon program:
- Azure Maia 200 is now in production, serving Microsoft Copilot workloads and supporting the MAI team's next-generation model development; GitHub Copilot and Microsoft Foundry will follow by end of year.
- Maia 300 arrives in 2027, when Microsoft will scale the Maia family to multi-gigawatt deployments, making it the primary inference system for Microsoft products and services.
- The company frames Maia as foundational to its infrastructure strategy entering the "Super Intelligence" era.
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