> ICE more than tripled the amount of data it holds on Microsoft servers between July 2025 and January 2026, at the same time as the agency’s crackdown on migrants broke new records and sparked mass protests across the United States. Whereas last July the agency was storing around 400 terabytes of data in Microsoft’s cloud platform, Azure, by the end of January that had risen to almost 1,400 terabytes — equivalent to approximately 490 million images.
ICE tripled its reliance on Microsoft in last six months, leaked files reveal: https://www.972mag.com/ice-microsoft-azure-leaked-files/
ICE reliance on Microsoft technology surged amid immigration crackdown, documents show: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/17/ice-microsoft-technology-immigration-crackdown
