Microsoft to Invest $80 Billion in AI Data Centers in Fiscal 2025

More than half of the investment has been earmarked for infrastructure in the U.S. Microsoft President Brad Smith frames AI investment as key to economic growth.

Generative AI products have sparked a surge in data center development. Microsoft is continuing this trend with plans to invest $80 billion in fiscal year 2025 to build AI-enabled data centers, the company revealed in a recent blog post.

“Not since the invention of electricity has the United States had the opportunity it has today to harness new technology to invigorate the nation’s economy,” wrote Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith. “In many ways, artificial intelligence is the electricity of our age, and the next four years can build a foundation for America’s economic success for the next quarter century.”

$80 billion dedicated to AI data centers and deployment

Microsoft’s vision is built on three core pillars:

• Advancing and ...