Wipro and Databricks Expand Partnership to Help Companies Scale Enterprise AI

Microsoft has announced a multi-billion dollar deal to provide funding for Mistral's European expansion. This agreement strengthens the partnership between Microsoft and Mistral, an AI pioneer based in Paris.

Scaling Infrastructure and Data Sovereignty

This multi-billion dollar deal is an evolution of the initial collaboration. Both companies plan to jointly scale cloud infrastructure across the continent while ensuring that corporate clients and regulated industries maintain full control over sensitive operational data.

The expanded partnership directly addresses the growing demand for digital sovereignty in Europe. By joining forces, Microsoft and Mistral aim to provide high-performance advanced models without forcing European institutions to compromise on strict compliance rules, privacy, or strategic autonomy.

Increasing Computational Power

A central element of this deal is a significant increase in European computing capacity. Mistral is expanding its local network of data centers by deploying thousands of NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs. These next-generation processors will serve as the computational foundation for training, inference, and complex agent workflows in the region. Microsoft will utilize part of this increased GPU power to enhance its own delivery of cloud services and AI.

This flexible hybrid approach allows Microsoft to meet growing regional demand while fulfilling its long-term European commitments to digitalization. Simultaneously, it provides Mistral with cutting-edge, world-class hardware necessary for local development and scaling of advanced open models.

Integrating Models into the Microsoft Ecosystem

The collaboration integrates Mistral's latest AI models directly into the core enterprise software ecosystem of Microsoft. Developers and organizations can now access Mistral Medium 3.5 and OCR 4 via Microsoft Foundry. Furthermore, Mistral Medium 3.5 has been added directly to Microsoft Copilot Studio. This model offers teams a high-performance open weight for building custom applications with predictable costs.

At the same time, OCR 4 accelerates structured document processing and complex automation. Integrating these models into the Microsoft platform allows enterprise groups to implement AI solutions within their familiar development tools, governance rules, and security systems.

Flexible Solution Deployment

A key advantage of this expanded alliance is deployment flexibility. Through Azure and Azure Local, enterprises can run Mistral models in three different operating environments depending on their security requirements: public cloud (standard global Azure deployments); cloud-connected (on-premises local Azure environments linked to Azure services for hybrid workloads); and fully isolated (local Azure installations running completely offline without external internet connectivity).

This system will offer huge benefits to strictly regulated sectors such as healthcare, defense, and financial services. Companies in these areas can now use advanced AI models directly on-site, protecting their trade secrets, processing customer records, and more. Beyond integrating hardware and models, Microsoft and Mistral have launched an aggressive joint go-to-market plan. To accelerate adoption, the companies will co-fund proof-of-concept projects, offer Azure compute credits, and conduct technical seminars for global enterprise customers.