Microsoft Committed to Major Investment in AI-Enabled Data Centers 2025

• January 8, 2025

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Microsoft expects to spend approximately $80 billion on data centers that fuel artificial intelligence in the current fiscal year, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith wrote in a blog post. Over half of this total investment will be in the United States to seize the golden opportunity for American AI.

"Today, the United States leads the global AI race thanks to the investment of private capital and innovations by American companies of all sizes, from dynamic start-ups to well-established enterprises," said Smith. "At Microsoft, we've seen this firsthand through our partnership with OpenAI, from rising firms such as Anthropic and xAI, and our own AI-enabled software platforms and applications."

The country can best capitalize on this technology if the government, education system, and non-profit sector also help usher in the AI era.

He urged President Trump and his administration to increase the amount of AI research funding available, and to develop a national "talent strategy" to train Americans on the technology.

"The most important U.S. public policy priority should be to ensure that the U.S. private sector can continue to advance with the wind at its back," Smith said. "The United States cannot afford to slow its own private sector with heavy-handed regulations."

Sources:

rcrwireless.com/20250107/business-investing/microsoft-ai-data

blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/01/03/the-golden-opportunity-for-american-ai/