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

Liftr Insights, a pioneer in market intelligence driven by unique data, released an article about Azure showing that 33% of all instances deployed by Microsoft Azure in Q4 2024 were using their Arm-based CPUs.

The data show that all of these new Arm instances were the newly released chipset called “Cobalt”. The article outlines the impact of the latest release, including the potential impact on Ampere Computing, which has been providing the Arm-based instances to Azure until recently.

The article outlines the impact of the latest release, including the potential impact on Ampere Computing.

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“In addition to the performance benefits of Arm, Liftr data such as what is included in this report, helps our customers make data-driven decisions about their infrastructure,” says Tab Schadt, CEO of Liftr Insights.

The wide variety of datapoints in the article help readers understand the pros and cons of Arm and Cobalt for their own purposes. Among the datapoints are mentioned examples of cost comparisons and potential savings in different regions across the globe. Workload percentages are also shared and compared to the workloads for these latest Cobalt instances.

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The information in this Cobalt article provides a solid beginning for market intelligence analysts forecasting, planning, or considering the pros and cons of implementing Cobalt for their enterprise.

For over six years, Liftr has been providing data to customers ranging from Financial Services firms making investment decisions to semiconductor vendors.

“Anyone would recognize the names of the firms and enterprises using our data,” says Schadt. “They all know that smart decisions start with reliable data.”