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Microsoft to join White House-led consortium to fight COVID-19
March 24, 2020
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced the launch of the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium to provide COVID-19 researchers worldwide with access to the world's most powerful resources that can significantly advance the pace of scientific discovery in the fight to stop the virus. As part of Microsoft's AI for Health program, the company will provide grants to ensure additional access for researchers to our Azure cloud and high-performance computing capabilities.
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