ArcelorMittal has expanded its collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate its transition into a data-driven, AI-enabled enterprise. The partnership reinforces the company's "Cloud First, Data Centric" strategy by making Microsoft Azure the primary cloud platform supporting enterprise-wide digital transformation, advanced analytics, and AI innovation.
The expanded collaboration is designed to modernize ArcelorMittal's IT infrastructure, strengthen cybersecurity, improve operational efficiency, and establish a unified data foundation that supports faster decision-making across global operations. By leveraging Microsoft's cloud and AI technologies, the steel manufacturer aims to strengthen its competitive position while advancing long-term digital transformation initiatives.
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As part of its expanded partnership with Microsoft, ArcelorMittal is strengthening its "Cloud First, Data Centric" strategy by adopting Microsoft Azure as its primary cloud infrastructure. Azure will provide the digital backbone for modernizing critical IT systems while consolidating enterprise data into a trusted platform that supports analytics and AI-driven business processes.
The initiative reflects the company's commitment to building a scalable digital ecosystem capable of supporting innovation across its global operations.
ArcelorMittal will integrate Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Foundry, and additional Azure infrastructure services to expand AI capabilities throughout the organization.
The new technology stack is expected to:
By combining cloud infrastructure with advanced data management tools, the company intends to transform enterprise data into a strategic business asset that supports intelligent decision-making.
The collaboration goes beyond infrastructure modernization by embedding AI and data capabilities into ArcelorMittal's operational model. The company expects the initiative to improve enterprise efficiency, support innovation, and create a stronger digital foundation for future growth.
Commenting, Nik Puri, Chief Information Officer at ArcelorMittal:
"At ArcelorMittal, technology is central to how we compete, a driver of performance, innovation and lasting advantage. Our expanded relationship with Microsoft is not simply about modernizing systems; it's about fundamentally reshaping our IT operating model, embedding data and AI into the core of how we run our IT estate. Our focus is clear: efficiency at scale, faster and smarter decisions, and positioning ArcelorMittal at the forefront of digital transformation in the global steel industry."
Samer Abu-Ltaif, President, Europe, Middle East and Africa at Microsoft added:
"The most ambitious companies are moving beyond experimenting with AI to build their business around it from the ground up. ArcelorMittal is doing exactly that: not simply adding AI to existing processes but using a trusted cloud and data foundation on Azure to reshape how a modern industrial enterprise operates. We're excited to support ArcelorMittal as it shapes what an AI-first future looks like for global manufacturing.”
The expanded partnership demonstrates how industrial organizations are increasingly investing in cloud infrastructure, enterprise AI, and data platforms to improve operational performance, strengthen resilience, and drive long-term business transformation. By building on Microsoft Azure and its AI ecosystem, ArcelorMittal is positioning itself to accelerate innovation while supporting smarter, data-driven operations across its global business.
ArcelorMittal is one of the world’s leading integrated steel and mining companies with a presence in 60 countries and primary steelmaking operations in 14 countries. It is the largest steel producer in Europe, among the largest in the Americas, and has a growing presence in Asia through its joint venture AM/NS India. ArcelorMittal sells its products to a diverse range of customers including the automotive, engineering, construction and machinery industries, and in 2025 generated revenues of $61.4 billion, produced 55.6 million metric tonnes of crude steel and 48.8 million tonnes of iron ore. Our purpose is to produce smarter steels for people and planet. Steels made using innovative processes which use less energy, emit significantly less carbon and reduce costs. Steels that are cleaner, stronger and reusable. Steels for the renewable energy infrastructure that will support societies as they transform through this century. With steel at our core, our inventive people and an entrepreneurial culture at heart, we will support the world in making that change.
ArcelorMittal is listed on the stock exchanges of New York (MT), Amsterdam (MT), Paris (MT), Luxembourg (MT) and on the Spanish stock exchanges of Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid and Valencia (MTS).
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