Microsoft's GitHub capacity crunch sends it to AWS
AI coding agents have turned GitHub reliability into an infrastructure problem Azure cannot absorb alone on Microsoft's timetable.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: Business Insider
Why it matters
Microsoft's use of rival cloud capacity for GitHub shows how AI coding has turned developer tooling into a hyperscale infrastructure race, not just a software feature fight.
Satya Nadella's Microsoft is adding Amazon Web Services capacity to keep GitHub running after an AI-driven surge in coding activity strained the platform, Business Insider reported Tuesday, citing two people familiar with the plans.…