# Microsoft Azure and AMD Helios

> Microsoft’s planned Azure expansion pairs AMD Helios inference infrastructure with two specialized CPU VM families. The feature explains HDv2’s data and agent coordination role, HXv2’s engineering focus, and ND MI455X v7’s inference role, including why AMD also rents Azure capacity to design its chips.

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