UNITED STATES — Microsoft is planning to make waves with artificial intelligence in 2025 and will place significant financial backing to support their endeavors. This upcoming fiscal year, the company said it expects to invest $80 billion to build data centers, CNN reports.

Microsoft has earmarked $80 billion in fiscal 2025 to build data centers designed to handle artificial intelligence workloads, according to a company blog

Over half of Microsoft’s $80 billion in spending will take place in the U.S., Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith wrote in a Friday blog post.

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

Microsoft plans to invest $80 billion in developing AI-focused data centers by 2025. This follows OpenAI's launch of ChatGPT and the growing demand for AI-powered applications.

Microsoft plans to invest around $80 billion in the expansion of data centres for artificial intelligence (AI) during the current financial year - with more than half of that to be invested in the United States.

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