Microsoft plans to invest $80 billion in AI data centers, urging increased funding for AI research and a national talent strategy.

Microsoft is set to double down on its generative artificial intelligence efforts in 2025 following the company's Vice Chair and President, Brad Smith's recent announcement of the tech giant's plans to invest up to $80 billion in building data centers.

Fresh job cuts are sweeping the technology sector with Microsoft the latest company to be making layoffs. The tech giant is cutting less than 1% of its employees, with the reductions based on performance,

The United States needs an overarching national strategy to ensure it prevails in the global AI race — focusing on R&D funding, education, and workforce development, and ensuring that American tech companies aren't slowed down by "heavy-handed regulations,

Microsoft's President Brad Smith emphasises a national strategy for the US to lead in AI, focusing on R&D funding, education, and relaxed regulations.

Microsoft Corp. ($MSFT), a frontrunner in the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, has doubled up its commitment to the technology. In a blog post published on Friday, Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of Microsoft,

Over half of the investment is reserved for infrastructure. Microsoft President Brad Smith frames AI investment as key to economic growth.

Over half of Microsoft’s $80 billion in spending will take place in the U.S., Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith wrote in a Friday blog post.

A Microsoft executive urges the US government to prevent China from dominating AI, as Huawei did with 5G. More details here.

Microsoft is investing $80 billion in 2025 to build AI-focused data centers, with most of the spending in the U.S. Vice Chair Brad Smith said the U.S. leads

Microsoft Corp. has revealed plans to invest more than $80 billion in the construction of data centers for artificial intelligence workloads during its current fiscal year, part of an effort to cement its status as a leader in the fast-growing industry.