<p>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.</p><p>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.</p>.Google asks FTC to break up Microsoft's cloud deal with OpenAI: Report. <p>"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," Smith said.</p><p>The tech giant's capital expenditure rose 5.3% to $20 billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2025.</p>
<p>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.</p><p>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.</p>.Google asks FTC to break up Microsoft's cloud deal with OpenAI: Report. <p>"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," Smith said.</p><p>The tech giant's capital expenditure rose 5.3% to $20 billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2025.</p>