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.

Key Takeaways Microsoft is slated to spend $80 billion on data centers needed to train and run artificial intelligence by the end of the fiscal year, president Brad Smith said Friday in a blog post.More than half of the investment will occur domestically,

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

Microsoft (MSFT) is planning to spend tens of billions of dollars to build on its artificial intelligence ambitions this year.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) said in a blog post on Friday that it is looking to spend $80B in data centers in fiscal 2025. Much of the $80B will go towards data centers to be used for artificial intelligence,

Microsoft plans to spend $80 billion in fiscal 2025 on the construction of data centers that can handle artificial intelligence workloads, the company said in a Friday blog post.