Mike Eytle is the Regional Senior Director for Lease Delivery at Microsoft, leading the delivery of the company’s leased datacentre construction portfolio across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). He is accountable for delivering the physical infrastructure that powers Microsoft’s AI and Commercial Cloud platforms, overseeing one of the largest and fastest-growing cloud delivery programmes in the region. His responsibilities span strategic planning, capacity delivery, supplier ecosystems, workforce scaling, and operational execution across a diverse international portfolio.
With more than 28 years of experience delivering complex infrastructure programmes in challenging global environments, Mike has built a reputation for translating strategy into execution at scale. Before joining Microsoft, Mike spent 16 years as an officer in the British Army’s Royal Engineers, serving on operational deployments in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Following his military career, he worked in management consulting across the oil and gas and international development sectors, leading major transformation and infrastructure initiatives around the world. He transitioned into the technology sector six years ago, bringing a unique combination of military leadership, consulting expertise, and large-scale delivery experience to the rapidly evolving datacentre industry.