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Microsoft’s Marquee African Data Center Hits Political Stalemate

The US tech firm, UAE partner G42 and the Kenyan government appear at an impasse
A Microsoft data center in Aldie, Virginia. The software company announced plans for a similar project in Kenya, which hasn’t yet come to fruition.Photographer: Lexi Critchett/Bloomberg
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Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Mark Bergen and Loni Prinsloo look at how Microsoft’s first marquee project with Middle Eastern partner G42 has failed to get off the runway.

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