According to The Block, technology giant Microsoft has partnered with Web3 infrastructure provider Ankr to provide node services for enterprises that need access to blockchain data. The two companies will collaborate on a new node hosting service on the Microsoft Azure cloud marketplace, offering tailored memory and bandwidth specifications for blockchain nodes. After this cooperation, developers will be able to develop decentralized applications on Ankr's RPC and middleware platform, and meet their scaling needs through Microsoft's cloud platform.

Ankr provides a remote procedure call service (RPC) that allows application developers and users to connect cloud nodes to 19 blockchains, including BNB Chain, Ethereum, Polygon, Solana, and Avalanche.