After a January announcement to spend it With data center construction, Microsoft can adjust future plans. Resources said That Microsoft has delayed or slowed down data center efforts in Indonesia, UK, Australia, Illinois, North Dakota and Wisconsin. Some of the cases mean withdrawing from negotiations, while others include delays in planned construction projects, according to these insiderrs. These data centers will be the center of Microsoft's efforts to develop more capabilities around artificial intelligence.
Despite the apparent shift in its approach, a Microsoft Rep said Bloomberg The company still plans to handle the $ 80 billion budget spending on data centers during the 2025 years of fiscal. The Engadget reaches for confirmation and will be updated if we receive feedback from Microsoft. That is the figure laid on a Blog post Related to Vice-Chair and President Brad Smith. The post, published days before President Trump's inauguration, along with some entertaining languages for the new administration. “The country has a unique opportunity to pursue this vision and build on the ideas set for AI policy during President Trump's first term,” he reads. “In Microsoft, we are excited to participate in this journey.”
Microsoft plans can be influenced by the remembered tariffs, threatened and finally This week by President Trump. The trade policy is likely to make infrastructure plans more expensive and have already caused disadvantages on Wall Street. The company may still spend at a ballpark of $ 80 billion but will not complete as many locations as previously calculated. Or it could have been in the months since its forecast show, Microsoft has seen the reduction in the expected demand.
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