Microsoft has revealed a significant increase in its spending on artificial intelligence projects for the fiscal year 2025, with approximately $80 billion allocated to build data centers for training AI models, expanding its applications, and enhancing cloud computing

Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of the company, confirmed that more than half of this investment will be made in the United States, which he described as leading the global AI race due to private innovations and investments. Microsoft’s capital expenditure reached $20 billion in the first quarter  of the fiscal year, a 5.3% increase