Storage Reserved Capacity Hot 1 PB GRS

Secure long-term storage economics for active data with Microsoft Storage Reserved Capacity for hot data. This SKU reserves 1 PB of capacity for a 1-year term in US West Central, with geo-redundant storage protection for higher resilience across regions. It is a strong fit for organizations that already know their storage footprint and want to reduce the cost of keeping large datasets online. Instead of absorbing variable on-demand pricing, teams can commit to capacity up front and align storage spend with predictable usage patterns. The hot access tier supports workloads that need frequent reads and writes, including application data, analytics staging, backup targets, and operational archives that must remain immediately available. GRS adds another layer of durability for enterprises that cannot accept a single-region storage posture. For infrastructure and procurement leaders, this reserved capacity model is about control: fixed term, fixed region, fixed capacity, and a storage profile built for business-critical data retention at scale.