Microsoft to Spend $80 Billion on AI Data Centers This Year
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Microsoft to Spend $80 Billion on AI Data Centers This Year

Deccan Chronicle  

Microsoft Corp. plans to spend $80 billion this fiscal year building out data centers, underscoring the intense capital requirements of artificial intelligence. Cloud infrastructure providers like Microsoft and Amazon.com Inc. have been racing to expand computing capacity by constructing new data centers. In the previous fiscal year ending in June 2024, Microsoft spent more than $50 billion on capital expenditures, the vast majority related to server farm construction fueled by demand for artificial intelligence services. The country needs “a pragmatic export control policy that balances strong security protection for AI components in trusted data centers with an ability for US companies to expand rapidly and provide a reliable source of supply to the many countries that are American allies and friends,” Smith wrote.

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Microsoft plans to invest $3 billion on AI, cloud infrastructure in India
2 days, 1 hour ago

Microsoft plans to invest $3 billion on AI, cloud infrastructure in India

Live Mint  

Microsoft plans to spend $3 billion over the next two years to expand its cloud and artificial-intelligence infrastructure in India, the latest in a string of investment pledges by U.S. tech giants amid booming AI computing needs. Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella said at an event in Bengaluru, India, on Tuesday that the investment marks the company’s single largest expansion …

Microsoft announces $3 billion investment in India to strengthen AI and cloud infrastructure
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2 days, 1 hour ago

Microsoft announces $3 billion investment in India to strengthen AI and cloud infrastructure

The Hindu  

Microsoft on Tuesday announced a $3 billion investment in India, marking its largest-ever expansion in the country. The announcement, made by CEO Satya Nadella at Microsoft AI Tour event in Bengaluru, underscores tech giant’s commitment to bolstering India’s AI infrastructure and driving innovation in one of the fastest-growing digital markets in the world. The investment will be focused on building …

Microsoft plans to invest $80 billion on AI-enabled data centers in fiscal 2025
6 days, 11 hours ago

Microsoft plans to invest $80 billion on AI-enabled data centers in fiscal 2025

CNN  

Reuters — Microsoft is planning to invest about $80 billion in fiscal 2025 on developing data centers to train artificial intelligence models and deploy AI and cloud-based applications, the company said in a blog post on Friday. AI requires enormous computing power, pushing demand for specialized data centers that enable tech companies to link thousands of chips together in clusters. …

Generative AI and Climate Change Are on a Collision Course
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Generative AI and Climate Change Are on a Collision Course

Wired  

In 2025, AI and climate change, two of the biggest societal disruptors we're facing, will collide. These range from generating colossal amounts of energy to power the data centers that run tools such as ChatGPT and Midjourney to the millions of gallons of freshwater that are pumped through these data centers to make sure they don’t overheat and the tons …

Big Tech Will Scour the Globe in Its Search for Cheap Energy
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Big Tech Will Scour the Globe in Its Search for Cheap Energy

Wired  

On the southern tip of Malaysia lies the state of Johor, renowned for its beaches and mountainous jungle. But Johor has a new boom industry: data centers to power generative AI, with Microsoft committing more than $2 billion on just such a data center. This draw to deliver AI is so powerful that big tech firms are buying dirty power …

It isn’t just data centers—AI’s plumbing needs an upgrade
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It isn’t just data centers—AI’s plumbing needs an upgrade

Live Mint  

The coming wave of artificial-intelligence usage won’t just strain data centers and power grids—it will also stress the country’s network capabilities. Ethernet, a competing platform considered less mature for AI networking, is more widely used across all types of data centers and has a larger set of vendors selling equipment to support it, IDC said. There’s a “long tail" of …

Tech Titans' AI Bets Paying Off: A Record Quarter for Cloud Businesses
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Tech Titans' AI Bets Paying Off: A Record Quarter for Cloud Businesses

Live Mint  

Tech giants are seeing the fruits of their massive investments in AI infrastructure, with revenue from cloud businesses at Amazon, Microsoft and Google reaching a total of $62.9 billion last quarter. This figure is up 22.2% from the same period last year and marked at least the fourth straight quarter in which their combined growth rate has increased.

Nvidia can’t escape shadow of AI spending fears
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Nvidia can’t escape shadow of AI spending fears

Live Mint  

Nvidia has made life at the top look easy. Nvidia’s overall top and bottom lines beat Wall Street’s targets, as did the company’s forecast for the current period ending in October. Nvidia’s projected revenue of $32.5 billion for the current quarter ending in October was 2% ahead of Wall Street’s targets; the company’s projection for the same period last year …

Intel: Too big to turn, too vital to fail
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Intel: Too big to turn, too vital to fail

Live Mint  

The chips are down as never before for Intel. Intel is already the biggest fish in the American pond; the company’s current fabs account for about 41% of the country’s 300 mm wafer production capacity—the type of chip production most commonly used in key market segments—according to market research firm TechInsights. Intel’s data center revenue is projected to hit $12.6 …

The Big-Tech Clean Energy Crunch Is Here
55 years ago

The Big-Tech Clean Energy Crunch Is Here

Wired  

Big Tech’s appetite for energy is just about visible from the east coast of Scotland. “There is a recognition that as power demand increases, the industry will have to find alternative energy sources,” says Colm Shorten, senior director of data center strategy at real estate services company JLL, explaining that server farms are increasingly looking for “behind-the-wire” power supply, whether …

Nvidia’s business is booming. Here’s what could slow it down.
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Nvidia’s business is booming. Here’s what could slow it down.

Live Mint  

Nvidia is riding high after another quarter of blockbuster sales and earnings, even as threats are emerging that could weaken the company’s position at the center of the artificial-intelligence boom. Sequoia Capital estimated in March that the industry put $50 billion into Nvidia’s chips to train large language models, but generative AI startups had only made $3 billion in revenue. …

Dell founder Michael Dell makes this prediction on AI PCs for 2025
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Dell founder Michael Dell makes this prediction on AI PCs for 2025

Hindustan Times  

Dell Technologies said that it is making a big push into the future of computing with personal computers designed specifically for artificial intelligence tasks as the market faces sluggish demand. Dell Technologies Chairman and CEO Michael Dell said that AI capabilities will become commonplace in PCs by 2025 as these AI computers will have the capability of accelerating AI workloads. …

Microsoft will invest $2.2 billion in cloud and AI services in Malaysia
8 months, 1 week ago

Microsoft will invest $2.2 billion in cloud and AI services in Malaysia

Associated Press  

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Microsoft is investing $2.2 billion over the next four years in Malaysia’s new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure as well as partnering with the government to establish a national AI center, its CEO Satya Nadella said Thursday. “Our investments in digital infrastructure and skilling will help Malaysian businesses, communities and developers apply the latest technology to …

Microsoft will invest $2.2 billion in cloud and AI services in Malaysia
8 months, 1 week ago

Microsoft will invest $2.2 billion in cloud and AI services in Malaysia

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Microsoft is investing $2.2 billion …

Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion in AI and cloud infrastructure in Indonesia
8 months, 1 week ago

Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion in AI and cloud infrastructure in Indonesia

Associated Press  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion over the next four years in new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Indonesia — the single largest investment in Microsoft’s 29-year history in the country — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Tuesday. A study held by Kearney, a global consulting firm, said that AI could contribute nearly $1 trillion to Southeast …

Microsoft to invest USD 1.5 billion in UAE-based AI firm: Details
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Microsoft to invest USD 1.5 billion in UAE-based AI firm: Details

India TV News  

Microsoft has announced an investment of around USD 1.5 billion in the UAE-based artificial intelligence technology company, named G42. The investment is said to strengthen the collaboration on bringing the latest Microsoft AI technologies which have been skilling initiatives to the UAE and other countries around the world. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of G42 said, "This partnership …

Microsoft to Invest $2.9 Billion to Boost AI, Cloud in Japan
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Microsoft to Invest $2.9 Billion to Boost AI, Cloud in Japan

Live Mint  

-- Microsoft Corp. will invest $2.9 billion over the next two years to boost its hyperscale cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Japan, marking its biggest investment in the country. The announcement was made on Tuesday in Washington after Microsoft President Brad Smith met Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is in the US for the first official visit …

Sundar Pichai shares Google's AI plan to beat Amazon, Microsoft: ‘Incredible opportunity’
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Sundar Pichai shares Google's AI plan to beat Amazon, Microsoft: ‘Incredible opportunity’

Hindustan Times  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that in the fourth quarter of 2023 Google Cloud was at a $36 billion annual revenue run rate. At the Google Cloud Next event, Sundar Pichai said that Google Cloud is showing progress owing to deep investments that the company has made in Artificial Intelligence. Google and Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai talked about the …

Microsoft to invest $2.9 billion to expand AI, cloud infra in Japan
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Microsoft to invest $2.9 billion to expand AI, cloud infra in Japan

Hindustan Times  

Microsoft said on Tuesday it would invest $2.9 billion over two years to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure in Japan, the latest in a series of overseas expansions by large tech firms to support the development of artificial intelligence. Microsoft's Azure, Alphabet-unit Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services are the top three cloud computing companies in the world. Server …

Microsoft and OpenAI are planning to build $100 billion supercomputer to power AI: Where will it be located?
9 months, 1 week ago

Microsoft and OpenAI are planning to build $100 billion supercomputer to power AI: Where will it be located?

Hindustan Times  

Microsoft and OpenAI are reportedly planning a supercomputer which will uses millions of specialized server chips and may cost up to $100 billion, The Information reported. Stargate, could launch as soon as 2028, the outlet reported citing people in the know, who also said that executives at both companies have already drawn up plans for the data center project. A …

Microsoft, OpenAI partner on $100 billion Stargate AI supercomputer project
9 months, 1 week ago

Microsoft, OpenAI partner on $100 billion Stargate AI supercomputer project

Firstpost  

Sources familiar with private discussions surrounding the proposal have revealed that Microsoft is likely to spearhead the project’s financing. The anticipated cost highlights the ambitious nature of the endeavor Microsoft and OpenAI have announced plans for a groundbreaking data center initiative, anticipated to cost up to $100 billion. While The Information attributes the estimated $100 billion cost to sources close …

New Data-Center Property Investment Signals AI Boom
11 months, 4 weeks ago

New Data-Center Property Investment Signals AI Boom

Live Mint  

One of the world’s largest data-center developers is getting a $6.4 billion equity infusion, the latest sign that this property sector is booming alongside the rise in artificial intelligence. Vantage Data Centers plans to use the capital from digital infrastructure investor DigitalBridge Group and Silver Lake, a technology investment firm, to add more than 3 gigawatts of capacity globally. This …

Amazon is investing up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic in growing tech battle
1 year, 3 months ago

Amazon is investing up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic in growing tech battle

The Hindu  

Amazon is investing up to $4 billion in Anthropic and taking a minority stake in the artificial intelligence startup, the two companies said Monday. Amazon and Anthropic said the deal is part of a broader collaboration to develop so-called foundation models, which underpin the generative AI systems that have captured global attention. Under the agreement, Anthropic is making Amazon its …

Amazon is investing up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic in growing tech battle
1 year, 3 months ago

Amazon is investing up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic in growing tech battle

Associated Press  

Amazon is investing up to $4 billion in Anthropic and taking a minority stake in the artificial intelligence startup, the two companies said Monday. Amazon and Anthropic said the deal is part of a broader collaboration to develop so-called foundation models, which underpin the generative AI systems that have captured global attention. Under the agreement, Anthropic is making Amazon its …

Tech’s carbon footprint: can AI revolutionize responsibly?
1 year, 4 months ago

Tech’s carbon footprint: can AI revolutionize responsibly?

The Hindu  

Across the globe, data servers are humming, consuming both megawatts and precious natural resources to bring life to our digital world. "Pandora's box is open," said Arun Iyengar, CEO of Untether AI, a highly specialized chip-making company that strives to make AI more energy efficient. The transformation of the world's data servers to AI readiness is already well underway, in …

AI lesson for Microsoft and Google: Spend money to make money
1 year, 5 months ago

AI lesson for Microsoft and Google: Spend money to make money

The Hindu  

Artificial intelligence is expected to pay off big for tech giants including Microsoft and Alphabet someday. "They're buying a bunch of H100s," said Ben Bajarin, chief executive and principal analyst of Creative Strategies, referring to Nvidia's flagship chips for AI. "As far as AI is concerned, while Google may have spent upwards of $200 billion on AI investments over the …

How AI pressure is making companies rethink cloud use
1 year, 5 months ago

How AI pressure is making companies rethink cloud use

The Hindu  

The shift to the cloud and the consequent boom in the sector was held together by its grand promise that any company could digitally transform itself and keep its data secure on the cloud. Making in-house AI chips to cut costs On 11 July, at a semiconductor conference in San Francisco, IBM said it was considering using its in-house AI …

Chip giant Nvidia nears trillion-dollar status on AI bet
1 year, 7 months ago

Chip giant Nvidia nears trillion-dollar status on AI bet

The Hindu  

Nvidia Corp. surged 24% on Thursday in one of the largest one-day gains in value for a U.S. stock, after its stellar revenue forecast showed that Wall Street has yet to price in the game-changing potential of AI. Nvidia, the fifth-most valuable U.S. company, on Wednesday projected quarterly revenue more than 50% above the average Wall Street estimate and said …

Nvidia stuns markets and signals how artificial intelligence could reshape technology sector
1 year, 7 months ago

Nvidia stuns markets and signals how artificial intelligence could reshape technology sector

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Shares of Nvidia, already one of the world’s most valuable companies, skyrocketed Thursday after the chipmaker forecast a huge jump in revenue, signaling how vastly the broadening use of artificial intelligence could reshape the tech sector. “It looks like the new gold rush is upon us, and NVIDIA is selling all the picks and shovels,” Susquehanna Financial Group’s …

Microsoft invests more than $10 billion in ChatGPT’s parent organisation OpenAI
1 year, 11 months ago

Microsoft invests more than $10 billion in ChatGPT’s parent organisation OpenAI

Firstpost  

Mircosoft plans to integrate OpenAI’s ChatGPT in Office, Bing and a bunch of other services. Microsoft is hoping that OpenAI’s ChatGPT is developed in a manner that would allow them to integrate the AI chatbot across various programmes that Microsoft offers, including the Office suite, as well as the Bing search engine. Besides investing a hefty amount into OpenAI, Microsoft …

Microsoft infuses billions of dollars in ChatGPT developer OpenAI
1 year, 11 months ago

Microsoft infuses billions of dollars in ChatGPT developer OpenAI

India TV News  

Microsoft has announced a multi-year, multi-billion dollar investment in OpenAI. "We formed our partnership with OpenAI around a shared ambition to responsibly advance cutting-edge AI research and democratise AI as a new technology platform," said Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft. "In this next phase of our partnership, developers and organisations across industries will have access to the best AI …

Microsoft invests $10 billion in ChatGPT maker OpenAI
1 year, 11 months ago

Microsoft invests $10 billion in ChatGPT maker OpenAI

LA Times  

Microsoft says it is making a “multiyear, multibillion-dollar investment” in OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT and other tools that use artificial intelligence to generate readable text, images and computer code. The deal will give a boost to Microsoft’s Azure cloud while providing OpenAI with additional specially designed supercomputers to run its complex AI models and fuel its research. Microsoft plans to …

Virginia, Amazon announce $35 billion data center plan
1 year, 11 months ago

Virginia, Amazon announce $35 billion data center plan

Associated Press  

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Amazon Web Services plans to invest $35 billion in new data centers in Virginia under a deal with the state, Gov. Bill Wright, a Prince William County resident who opposed a massive data center expansion recently approved by the county’s Board of Supervisors over considerable community opposition, said Friday’s announcement shows that “the influence of big tech …

Microsoft's Nadella says India's digital infra building capability far ahead of others
2 years ago

Microsoft's Nadella says India's digital infra building capability far ahead of others

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI :"Oh, please don’t make me laugh. That’s the witty response that Satya Nadella, chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., got when he prompted artificial intelligence -powered ChatGPT to write a play where Mumbai’s favourite street food--the vada pav--would argue its supremacy against competitors including Delhi's bhel puri. India-born Nadella, who is on a four-day tour of …

Cloud hangs over U.S. chipmakers and Big Tech companies on worries data centre growth could slow
2 years, 4 months ago

Cloud hangs over U.S. chipmakers and Big Tech companies on worries data centre growth could slow

The Hindu  

Cloud and data centres, the chip industry's strongest sector, may be its next problem: Signs are showing that growth could slow in what has been a pillar during the COVID era as consumers signed up for cloud-based entertainment and companies retooled their offices. “Investors are worried it's the next shoe to drop," said Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon, adding that an …

IT Spending To Reach $4.5 Trillion In 2022 Globally: Report
2 years, 11 months ago

IT Spending To Reach $4.5 Trillion In 2022 Globally: Report

News 18  

With an increase of 5.1 per cent from 2021, the global IT spending is projected to reach $4.5 trillion this year, a new report has said. Despite the potential impact of the Omicron variant, economic recovery with high expectations for digital market prosperity will continue to boost technology investments, according to market research firm Gartner. Gartner forecasts that the IT …

Microsoft in talks with Telangana to set up Rs 15,000-crore data centre
3 years, 5 months ago

Microsoft in talks with Telangana to set up Rs 15,000-crore data centre

India TV News  

Global techgiantMicrosoft is in discussions with the Telangana government on a proposal for setting up one of its largest data centres with an investment outlay of about USD 2 to 2.25 billion here, sources close to the development said on Thursday. Microsoft is slated to add data centres in at least 10 more countries this year, and the company is …

Global cloud infrastructure market grows on continued digital transformation
3 years, 8 months ago

Global cloud infrastructure market grows on continued digital transformation

The Hindu  

The global cloud infrastructure market grew in the March ending quarter, driven by continued digital transformation with organisations adjusting to new ways of working. Worldwide cloud infrastructure services spending increased 35% to $41.8 billion in the first quarter of 2021, compared with the previous year, according to a report by market analyst firm Canalys. Large projects that were postponed last …

IT spending on cloud infrastructure grows amid pandemic
4 years, 7 months ago

IT spending on cloud infrastructure grows amid pandemic

Live Mint  

Enterprises are spending more of their IT spending budgets than before on cloud infrastructure because of the increase in remote working requirements and other challenges brought forth by the covid-19 pandemic. “Across the APAC region, spending on the public cloud and related services is growing at a compounded annual growth rate of 25%, much faster than in the US and …

Analytics, AI, IoT help transform industries
5 years, 5 months ago

Analytics, AI, IoT help transform industries

Live Mint  

Last November, at the company’s Future Decoded event in London, Microsoft chief executive officer Satya Nadella insisted that every organization should embrace “tech intensity" to be successful in today’s digital age, which means companies should not only be fast-adopters of technology but also build their own digital capabilities. Narayana Health uses Microsoft’s data analytics and AI in its healthcare business …

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