Despite plans to fully migrate GitHub to Azure by 2027, Microsoft is reportedly leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) to alleviate recent capacity constraints on the platform. Cited by Business Insider and sources familiar with the matter, this temporary shift to a rival cloud provider addresses a surge in development activity driven by AI coding tools. This multi-cloud approach marks a departure from GitHub’s pre-acquisition operations in 2018, where it relied primarily on its own data centers. The urgency is underscored by GitHub COO Kyle Daigle, who noted in April that code commits are projected to skyrocket from 1 billion in 2025 to 14 billion in 2026.
