Fueling Business Success with Azure Cobalt 100 VMs

Key points

• Azure Cobalt 100 is a custom-built, Arm-based cloud CPU designed to deliver high performance, energy efficiency, and cost effectiveness for a wide range of workloads.
• 29 Microsoft datacenter regions globally are now using Cobalt 100 systems, providing benefits to Azure customers across industries, including cloud analytics leaders like Databricks and Snowflake.
• Real-world performance and efficiency gains are being achieved by customers using Cobalt 100 VMs, with examples including up to 45% better performance for Microsoft Teams and up to 40% efficiency improvement for Temenos.

According to sources, Azure Cobalt 100 is a custom-built, Arm-based cloud CPU that is powering general compute workloads in the cloud. This CPU is designed to deliver high performance, energy efficiency, and cost effectiveness for a wide range of workloads. Cobalt 100 systems have been live for nearly a year and are now available in 29 Microsoft datacenter regions globally, providing benefits to Azure customers across industries.

We’ve spoken to several companies that are using Cobalt 100 VMs, including cloud analytics leaders like Databricks and Snowflake. These companies handle massive volumes of data and rely on scalable infrastructure to deliver real-time insights and machine learning capabilities. The balance of compute power and energy efficiency offered by Cobalt 100 VMs makes it an ideal choice for large-scale data processing.

One company, OneTrust, has seen meaningful improvements in throughput and efficiency during their evaluations of Cobalt 100 VMs. Another company, Siemens, has achieved up to a 20% performance boost in their Questa One DFT simulations by adopting Azure Cobalt 100 VMs. Sprinklr has also seen measurable price-performance gains compared to Azure’s previous-generation Arm-based VM series, with improvements evident across both throughput and cost-efficiency metrics.

Microsoft’s own services are also benefiting from the adoption of Cobalt 100 VMs. For example, Microsoft Teams has achieved up to 45% better performance using these VMs than previously possible. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has also seen 40% better performance in its cyber data curator, running on Cobalt 100 VMs.

These results underscore the value of Microsoft’s approach to architect and develop customized infrastructure. By designing the CPU in-house and optimizing it for Azure’s infrastructure, Microsoft has created a tightly integrated infrastructure that delivers consistent performance across a variety of cloud scenarios. This approach allows for better control over power consumption, thermal management, and workload distribution, resulting in a powerful and efficient cloud environment.

As more organizations look to modernize their infrastructure and adopt cloud-native technologies, the demand for highly performant and energy-efficient compute resources will continue to grow. Azure Cobalt 100 VMs are well-positioned to meet this demand, offering a scalable and sustainable solution for a wide range of applications. By delivering faster, more efficient computing, Azure Cobalt 100 empowers organizations to push the boundaries of what’s possible with better price performance across industry use cases in their respective fields.

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