Intention announcement - Procurement of language modelling services from Microsoft Azure's cloud system in Europe

nties that are owners of NDLA. The service is provided from Microsoft ́s European servers and the use of the service in its current form is insignificant. The contracting authority intends to expand the contract with Microsoft and to expand our service by giving pupils and teachers access to more an

d generate generative AI models for training purposes. The expansion will lead to a significant increase in the consumption of cloud services, and will be based on ongoing subscriptions, invoiced after use. It is important for NDLA to offer