Microsoft Azure vs Northern Data Group
- GPUs
- 9 2
- Cheapest GPU
- $0.34/hr $2.60/hr
- Price wins
- 0/2 2/2
Northern Data Group is cheaper on all 2 GPUs both rent. Microsoft Azure carries 7 more GPUs.
Hyperscaler that rents GPU virtual machines on demand, reserved or spot, integrated with Azure's managed AI and enterprise cloud services.
Best for: Microsoft-centric enterprise AI workloads
Runs the Taiga Cloud GPU service and colocation in modular datacenters through its Ardent Data Centers arm.
Best for: GPU cloud plus colocation capacity
Price by GPU
The 2 GPUs both rent. Cheapest live rate per GPU-hour, most powerful first. The cheaper side is in purple.
| GPU | Microsoft Azure | Northern Data Group | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $11.06/hr | $2.60/hr | 325% |
| NVIDIA H200 SXM 141GB | $10.60/hr | $3.00/hr | 253% |
Prices last checked: Microsoft Azure 3 Oct 2026, Northern Data Group 4 Oct 2026.
Only on one side
Only on Microsoft Azure 7
Only on Northern Data Group 0
Every GPU Northern Data Group rents is also on the other side.
Company facts
| Fact | Microsoft Azure | Northern Data Group |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters |  Redmond, WA |  Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Type | GPU cloud | GPU cloud |
| Regions | n/a | 10 |
| GPUs priced | 9 | 2 |
| Fastest GPU | AMD Instinct MI300X 192GB | NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB |
| Services | n/a | GPU cloud (Taiga Cloud), colocation and modular datacenters (Ardent Data Centers) |
Compliance
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Questions
- What is the difference between Microsoft Azure and Northern Data Group?
- Microsoft Azure: Hyperscaler that rents GPU virtual machines on demand, reserved or spot, integrated with Azure's managed AI and enterprise cloud services. Northern Data Group: Runs the Taiga Cloud GPU service and colocation in modular datacenters through its Ardent Data Centers arm.
- Is Microsoft Azure cheaper than Northern Data Group?
- Northern Data Group is cheaper on all 2 GPUs both rent. Microsoft Azure carries 7 more GPUs.
- How much does a NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB cost on Microsoft Azure and Northern Data Group?
- Microsoft Azure charges $11.06 per GPU-hour and Northern Data Group charges $2.60 per GPU-hour, the cheapest live rate on each.
- Which GPUs can I rent on both Microsoft Azure and Northern Data Group?
- 2 GPUs, including NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA H200 SXM 141GB.
- How are these prices compared?
- Each figure is the cheapest live rate per GPU-hour for that GPU. We use on-demand pricing where a provider sells it and fall back to community or reserved terms, labelled, where that is all they sell. Spot capacity is left out because it can be reclaimed. Rates are refreshed by our daily ingest.
How we define a live price: methodology.
