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.

The software giant's president, Brad Smith, said Friday in a blog post that more than half of the $80 billion would be spent in the U.S.

Microsoft plans to invest $80 billion in AI. This is a huge amount when compared to its revenue, earnings, and cash.

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