MS, AI 업고 클라우드 성장세...AWS 위협

Amazon Web Services remains the leader in the cloud market, but Microsoft is rapidly closing the gap, leveraging the power of artificial intelligence. Analysts estimate that Microsoft's Azure cloud infrastructure, which doesn't disclose revenue figures, was half the size of AWS five years ago but has now grown to about three-quarters the size of its top competitor. Microsoft's recent momentum in the cloud sector is partly due to AI, with significant revenue growth attributed to AI in the Azure and cloud services division. Microsoft has been equipping its data centers with GPUs to enable clients to run AI models on Azure, including GPT-4, which powers OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot, as businesses increasingly incorporate generative AI capabilities into their products. Microsoft recently overtook Apple as the world's most valuable public company, generating almost $83 billion in net income in 2023, with the Intelligent Cloud segment, including Azure, contributing significantly to the company's total operating income, making cloud infrastructure a larger part of Microsoft, accounting for about 29% of the company's total revenue.

아마존웹서비스(AWS)가 클라우드 시장에서 선두를 달리고 있지만, 마이크로소프트가 AI 기술로 빠르게 격차를 줄이고 있다. 수익 공개를 하지 않는 마이크로소프트의 애저(azure) 클라우드는 분석가들에 따르면 5년 전 AWS의 절반 크기였으나, 현재는 약 3/4까지 따라잡은 것으로 알려졌다. AI에 힘입어 애저와 클라우드 서비스 부문에서 상당한 수익 성장을 기록한 마이크로소프트는, 최근 분기에 AI로 인한 성장이 이전 분기에 비해 증가했다고 발표했다. 또한, 마이크로소프트는 데이터센터에 GPU를 추가해 애저에서 AI 모델, 특히 오픈AI의 챗GPT 챗봇을 구동하는 GPT-4같은 모델을 실행할 수 있도록 지원하고 있으며, 많은 기업들이 제품에 생성 AI 기능을 통합하는 추세와 맞물려 있다. 이러한 성과는 마이크로소프트가 최근 애플을 제치고 시총 1위의 회사가 되며 2023년에는 거의 830억 달러의 순이익 달성으로 이어졌다. 클라우드는 마이크로소프트 총 수익의 약 29%를 차지해 주요 수익원 중 하나로 자리잡고 있다.

Microsoft's AI growth is helping its cloud business weaken Amazon's lead

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