AWS Bets on Arm: Graviton

AWS continues its emphatic endorsement of Arm with its Graviton chips

Part 4 of the Arm Rising Series, by Liftr Insights

AWS is the dominant deployer of Arm-based instances, with a 57.2% share of Arm instances in the public cloud. While its initial focus was to drive costs down for low-end workloads, AWS has expanded its Arm capabilities over the years, directly benefiting enterprises in multiple ways. Just before Liftr began tracking AWS in 2019, AWS was the first cloud provider to make Arm processors available. But market longevity is only one part of the story. 

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Ampere: A David vs. Goliath story in the cloud

Ampere’s long history in the clouds is shown in the Lift Insights data, but there are dark clouds on the horizon.
Part 3 of the Arm Rising Series, by Liftr Insights

SoftBank announced its intent to acquire Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion on March 19, 2025, stating "Ampere’s expertise in semiconductors and high-performance computing will help accelerate [SoftBank's] vision."

Ampere first appeared in Oracle Cloud among the major players. Liftr data show Ampere growth from that first appearance to its 24.0% share of all Arm in the cloud in mid-2024. 

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Arm's influence at Microsoft

Arm's Influence Rising at Microsoft

Azure is one of the clouds showing strong Arm adoption, as shown by Liftr Insights data

Part 2 of the Arm Rising Series, by Liftr Insights

32.9% of new CPUs deployed on Azure in the fourth quarter of 2024 were Arm-based chips. Specifically, these Arm-based processors were Azure's new Cobalt 100 chipset. 

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Arm Elbows In: The rising influence of Arm in the cloud

Liftr Insights data show the rise and growing influence of Arm in global cloud
Part 1 of the Arm Rising Series, by Liftr Insights

In Q4 of 2024, 1 of every 4 new processor types deployed in the major public cloud providers were on Arm-based CPUs, as shown by Liftr data. This was the highest percentage of Arm deployments since the first sighting of Arm in the clouds over half a decade ago. Enterprises are taking notes as they manage their costs.

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