Microsoft is expanding computing capacity for its GitHub platform by using Amazon Web Services (AWS) to address heavy demand caused by AI-driven growth in software development, the company confirmed [1, 2, 3, 4]. GitHub’s infrastructure has been strained, leading to several major outages so far in 2026 as AI coding tools drive unprecedented activity [2, 4].
GitHub’s code commit volume linked to AI-related projects is projected to jump from about 1 billion in 2025 to 14 billion this year, according to GitHub COO Kyle Daigle's tweet in April 2026 [2, 3]. New AI coding assistants like GitHub Copilot have fueled this surge, greatly expanding developer usage on the platform [2, 4].
Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018 and planned to migrate the service fully to its own Azure cloud by 2027 [2, 3]. However, to handle the current demand spikes and improve stability, Microsoft is adopting a multi-cloud approach. This includes leveraging AWS and other providers alongside Azure to ensure scalable, elastic capacity [3, 4].
A Microsoft spokesperson said, "The incredible spike in agentic development that began late last year has tested our infrastructure's limits. To meet this demand, Microsoft is both accelerating our move to Azure and continuing to explore a multi-cloud strategy to ensure we have the future capacity, compute elasticity and horizontal scale required to support continued growth" [3].
GitHub also faces rising competition from rival AI coding platforms such as Cursor and Anthropic’s Claude Code, intensifying the pressure to maintain service quality for developers [2, 4].
Microsoft aims to complete GitHub’s full migration to Azure by 2027 while relying on AWS capacity to bridge the gap during 2026 and maintain platform stability amid record-breaking usage levels [2, 3].
