Microsoft Turns to AWS for GitHub Capacity Amid AI-Driven Growth
Microsoft's decision to use a direct competitor's cloud for its own flagship platform signals the severity of the infrastructure crunch caused by AI-driven development activity.
Reporting from 1 sources: GIGAZINE.
Microsoft, facing capacity shortages on GitHub due to a surge in AI agent development, has turned to rival Amazon Web Services to augment computing power. GitHub has experienced dozens of major outages since early 2026. A Microsoft spokesperson acknowledged the strain, while the company also faces a shareholder lawsuit over AI performance and Copilot adoption.
Microsoft has revealed plans to use Amazon Web Services to supplement GitHub's computing capacity, a move that puts a direct competitor's cloud inside one of Microsoft's core platforms. The decision follows dozens of major outages on GitHub since the start of 2026, which the company attributes to a surge in AI agent development that began in late 2025.
GitHub COO Kyle Daigle posted in April that weekly commits had reached 275 million, up from 1 billion total in all of 2025. A Microsoft spokesperson said the growth is testing the limits of its infrastructure. The company declined to comment on Amazon's specific role but confirmed it uses multiple cloud providers. Microsoft's capital expenditure for 2026 is expected to reach $190 billion, mostly for data center expansion.
Separately, investors have filed a lawsuit claiming Microsoft's proprietary AI model underperformed competitors and that its Copilot products are losing market share.
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