HPC Specialized VMs - HB and HC-series

We are pleased to announce that we are deploying HB and HC Virtual Machines to additional regions * The HB-Series VM is now available in East US. * The HC-Series VM is now available in Japan East. The HB-series VMs are optimised for HPC applications driven by memory bandwidth, such as fluid dynamics, explicit finite element analysis and weather modelling. HC-series VMs are optimised for HPC applications driven by intensive computation, such as implicit finite element analysis, reservoir simulation and computational chemistry. See regional availability for Azure Virtual Machines [here](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/services/?products=virtual-machines&regions=us-central,us-east,us-east-2,us-north-central,us-south-central,us-west-central,us-west,us-west-2,japan-east,japan-west). [Learn more](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/virtual-machines/) * Virtual Machines * Features * Regions & Datacenters * Services * [ Virtual Machines](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/virtual-machines/)