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Microsoft Plans to Invest $80 Billion in AI-Enabled Data Centers for Fiscal 2025

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Date Published
6 Jan 2025
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8 Mar 2025, 01:04 pm

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To train AI models.

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Microsoft's significant $80 billion investment in AI-enabled data centers for fiscal 2025 highlights a transformative shift toward AI integration in cloud services. This development underscores the growing demand for advanced infrastructure to support large-scale AI model training, propelled post-ChatGPT's launch. While the article emphasizes infrastructure expansion, it lacks a direct focus on AI safety or governance, offering minimal insight into frameworks for mitigating existential or catastrophic risks associated with such technological growth. The decision marks a noteworthy economic move with potential long-term implications for global AI capabilities.

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Microsoft is planning to invest about US$80 billion in fiscal 2025 on developing data centres to train artificial intelligence (AI) models and deploy AI and cloud-based applications. Investment in AI has surged since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in 2022, as companies across sectors seek to integrate ... Hi! You've reached one of our premium articles. This is available exclusively to subscribers. It's free to register, and only takes a few minutes. Once you sign up you'll have unlimited access to the full catalogue of Australia's best business IT content, as well as a daily news bulletin delivered straight to your inbox. Register now Already have an account? Log in to read this article.