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

Brad Smith, the Microsoft Vice Chair and President, has revealed how the technology giant plans to move forward with its support for AI technology. The announcement comes as global investment in AI infrastructure is expected to reach $300 billion by 2026.

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.

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

Microsoft is investing $80 billion in 2025 to build AI-focused data centers, with most of the spending in the U.S. Vice Chair Brad Smith said the U.S. leads the global AI race because of private investments and innovation and urged quick action to stay ahead of growing competition from China.