Lumen and Microsoft will now jointly sell company networks built for AI
Why it matters
Companies buying Microsoft AI services can now get the network connections to run them from Lumen in the same sales process.
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What happened
Lumen Technologies and Microsoft are expanding their partnership, so both will now sell enterprises networks built to connect the data, applications and infrastructure behind AI workloads. The announcement was made on November 2, 2026.
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