Microsoft is heavily investing in AI infrastructure, planning to spend $80 billion by 2025 on data centers capable of handling the demands of artificial intelligence workloads.
Microsoft plans to invest $80 billion in fiscal 2025 on constructing data centers capable of handling artificial intelligence workloads, as disclosed in a Friday blog post. Over half of Microsoft 's $80 billion investment will be allocated within the United States, according to Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith. The company's fiscal year 2025 concludes in June.
Smith emphasizes that the United States dominates the global AI landscape due to private sector investment and innovations from American companies, ranging from startups to established enterprises. Smith cites Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI, the emergence of firms like Anthropic and xAI, and their own AI-powered software platforms and applications as examples. This investment comes amidst the rapid proliferation of OpenAI's ChatGPT, which sparked a competitive race among companies to develop their own generative AI capabilities. Microsoft reported $20 billion in capital expenditures and assets acquired under finance leases globally in the first quarter of fiscal 2025, with $14.9 billion spent on property and equipment. Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood indicated in October that capital expenditures will rise sequentially in the second quarter of fiscal 2025
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