Microsoft To Spend $80B On AI Data Centers This Year
DataCenter Knowledge, Friday, January 3rd, 2025
More than half of the projected investment will be in the US, said Microsoft President Brad Smith.
Microsoft plans to spend $80 billion this fiscal year building out data centers, underscoring the intense capital requirements of artificial intelligence.
More than half of this projected spending through June 2025 will be in the US, Microsoft President Brad Smith wrote in a blog post Friday (January 3). Recent AI progress is thanks to 'large-scale infrastructure investments that serve as the essential foundation of AI innovation and use,' Smith wrote.