While Microsoft’s announced $80 billion investment in data centres all over the world, more than half of that amount will be directed towards data centres in the United States as the US continues to be a frontrunner in the global AI race,

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft plans to invest around $80 billion in the expansion of data centres for artificial intelligence (AI) during the current financial year - with more than half of that to be invested in the United States, German press agency (dpa) reported. The current fiscal year for Microsoft runs until the end of June.

Microsoft is planning to invest about $80 billion in fiscal 2025 on developing data centers to train artificial intelligence models and deploy AI and cloud-based applications, the company said in a blog post on Friday.

To strengthen its AI infrastructure and expand its data centre footprint, Microsoft has already committed significant financial resources

Microsoft has announced plans to allocate approximately $80 billion (around Rs. 6,86,200 crore) in fiscal year 2025 to expand its data centre infrastructure, Reuters reported. This investment aims to support the training of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models and facilitate the deployment of AI-driven and cloud-based applications,