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3M and Microsoft announce strategic partnership to advance AI data center infrastructure and enterprise transformation

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ST. PAUL, Minn. and REDMOND, Wash. — July 15, 2026 —3M (NYSE: MMM) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced a strategic partnership focused on AI data center infrastructure and enterprise transformation. Microsoft’s Azure cloud and AI infrastructure will become the first announced hyperscale cloud provider to deploy 3M’s Expanded Beam Optical (EBO) technology. 3M will…