Microsoft has launched Azure Cobalt 100 VMs, its first in-house 64-bit Arm-based virtual machines, delivering up to 50% better price-performance. Available in various regions, these VMs power general-purpose and memory-intensive workloads with 96 vCPUs and up to 672 GiB RAM. Early adopters like Snowflake report substantial performance gains, marking a new era in high-efficiency cloud solutions for diverse global workloads.