Microsoft MSFT announced plans to spend $80 billion in fiscal 2025 on constructing data centers designed for artificial intelligence workloads. Over half of this spending will be focused on the United States, according to a blog post by Brad Smith, Microsoft Vice Chair and President. The fiscal year will conclude in June 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.

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

Microsoft plans to invest $80 billion in developing AI-focused data centers by 2025. This follows OpenAI's launch of ChatGPT and the growing demand for AI-powered applications.

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,

In the Fiscal Year 2025 ending in June, Microsoft plans investing over $80 billion to create data centres for training

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 the global AI race because of private investments and innovation and urged quick action to stay ahead of growing competition from China.