Microsoft has updated its Virtual Datacenter Tour, a 3D self-guided microsite exploring the infrastructure behind its 60-plus datacenter regions, with an AI assistant, Microsoft said in a blog post on 7 May 2025.
The virtual assistant is powered by Azure OpenAI Service. It offers real-time support during the tour, answering datacenter-specific questions on sustainability, cooling, security, resiliency and global reach.
The server room covers hardware including Azure Cobalt, Microsoft's in-house CPU, and Azure Maia, its custom AI accelerator. A new hot aisle experience shows how heat from servers is isolated, ejected and reused.
An innovation room covers Microsoft's zero-water cooling datacenter design and the Majorana 1 quantum chip. Visitors can take the tour on a PC or mobile device.