More than half of the investment has been earmarked for infrastructure in the U.S.. Microsoft President Brad Smith frames AI investment as key to economic growth.

Microsoft aims to spend $80 billion on AI data centers in first half of 2025 Half of the amount will be destined for the United States Upskilling citizens is recognized as crucial Microsoft has revealed plans to invest $80 billion in AI data centers throughout the first half of 2025.

Microsoft says it plans to spend $80 billion on building AI data centers in the 2025 financial year, a significant increase on last year.

Microsoft has published a lengthy piece talking about its vision for artificial intelligence development over the next four years, under the incoming Trump administration. In the piece, the company has revealed that it's spending a total of $80 billion on AI-enabled data centers in 2025.

Tech giant Microsoft is set to invest approximately $80bn to expand its artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled data centres by fiscal year 2025. These centres will train AI models and deploy AI and cloud-based applications worldwide.

Microsoft is set to invest $80 billion in fiscal 2025 to expand its AI datacenter capabilities, Brad Smith, the company's president and vice chairman wrote in a blog post. Microsoft sees artificial intelligence as the next industrial revolution and wants to participate in it.