Microsoft expects to invest $80 billion in AI-enabled data centers this year

CENTRAL, Hong Kong - Jan. 5, 2025 - PRLog -- Microsoft (MSFT) aims to spend around $80 billion on data centers that power artificial intelligence in the current fiscal year, according to president Brad Smith in a blog post that also encouraged incoming President Donald Trump to invest in "a golden opportunity" for the domestic economy.

Smith said that the United States is at the forefront of a "world-changing" technological boom as a result of collaboration among tech giants, semiconductor suppliers, and software developers on artificial intelligence. Microsoft will maintain the pace by spending more than half of the $80 billion set aside for data centers in the United States, Smith said.

The statement comes as American technology corporations invest billions of dollars in AI-powered data centers and seek nuclear energy to power them.

"Today, the United States leads the global AI race thanks to the investment of private capital and innovations by American companies of all sizes, from dynamic start-ups to well-established enterprises," Mr. Smith added.

However, Smith believes that the nation would benefit the most from the emerging technology if the government, school system, and non-profit sector all contribute to the AI age. He encouraged the Trump administration to enhance AI research funding and create a national "talent strategy" to educate Americans about the technology.

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