Microsoft is planning to spend about $80 billion in fiscal 2025 to build data centers to train artificial intelligence (AI) models and deploy AI and cloud-based applications, the company said in a blog post on Friday.

Microsoft (MSFT) plans to invest $80 billion in artificial intelligence data centers throughout 2025, with nearly half earmarked for US infrastructure development. Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley analyzes Microsoft's expansion plans and efforts to capitalize on what the company calls "the electricity of the modern age.

Microsoft Corp. plans to spend $80 billion this fiscal year building out data centers, underscoring the intense capital requirements of artificial intelligence.

Microsoft plans to spend $80 billion this year on AI data centers, with more than half of that projected spending through June 2025 will be in the USA.

Microsoft announced it would be investing $80 billion of its budget for the fiscal year 2025 on building AI specific data centers.

Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith has revealed that the tech giant plans to invest about $80 billion in data centers this fiscal year for training artificial intelligence models and deploying AI and cloud-based applications worldwide while touting the vendor’s extensive partner ecosystem.

More than half of the total investment will be in the United States, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith said in the blog post. "Today, the United States leads the global AI race thanks to the investment of private capital and innovations by American companies of all sizes,

Microsoft is planning to spend $80 billion in fiscal 2025 on construction of data centers that can handle artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, CNBC reported on Friday, citing a company blog post.