Microsoft to spend 80 bln USD on AI data centers in fiscal 2025

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Microsoft has earmarked 80 billion U.S. dollars in fiscal 2025 to build data centers designed to handle artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, according to the company.

The tech giant plans to build out AI-enabled data centers "to train AI models and deploy AI and cloud-based applications around the world," Microsoft said in a blog post on Friday.

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