Over half of the investment is reserved for infrastructure. Microsoft President Brad Smith frames AI investment as key to economic growth.

The massive sum will go towards building out datacenters for training AI models, as well as deploying and improving global AI and cloud-based applications.

While Microsoft is thinking on a global scale, the company's Vice Chair and President said more than half of this total investment will be in the US

More than half of the $80 billion budget is expected to be deployed in the United States. The facilities will help train AI models and distribute cloud-based applications across the globe, according to Microsoft vice chair Brad Smith.

The first phase alone of Microsoft’s data center in Mount Pleasant will likely require the same amount of electricity needed to power more than 300,000 homes, according to new information obtained by the Journal Sentinel. Put into context, the City of Milwaukee has around 262,000 housing units.

In a Friday blog post, Microsoft President Brad Smith described his vision for “The Golden Opportunity for American AI,” offering that the country should focus on funding research and have ...

Microsoft is one of the biggest spenders, followed closely by Google and AWS, Bloomberg Intelligence said. Its estimate of Microsoft’s capital spending on AI, at $62.4 billion for calendar 2025, is lower than Smith’s claim that the company will invest $80 billion in the fiscal year to June 30, 2025.

Microsoft Corp.’s Satya Nadella discussed AI and cybersecurity during a meeting with US President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk, becoming the latest tech industry chieftain to make overtures to the new administration.

Microsoft Corp.’s Satya Nadella joins Donald Trump and Elon Musk for the discussion of AI and cybersecurity as the latest tech industry leader to make ties with the new administration. According to a Semafor report,

Brad Smith sits down with top experts to take a closer look at the stories affecting your personal finances on Wealth. After the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the latest inflation data,

Although the Biden administration notched some major accomplishments, it wasn't enough for voters in November, writes columnist Jon Talton.