Over half of the investment is reserved for infrastructure. Microsoft President Brad Smith frames AI investment as key to economic growth.

In a Friday blog post, Microsoft President Brad Smith described his vision for “The Golden Opportunity for American AI,” offering that the country should focus on funding research and have ...

While Microsoft is thinking on a global scale, the company's Vice Chair and President said more than half of this total investment will be in the US

The massive sum will go towards building out datacenters for training AI models, as well as deploying and improving global AI and cloud-based applications.

Said goal has also had a smaller impact on the consoles themselves. According to Microsoft, it has improved how the Xbox Series S handles video, with average reduction approaching 10% in power consumption. The company also recommends using the Shutdown (energy saving) option, which can be found via Settings, General, Power Options on your console.

The planned spending represents a 44% increase from last year, and more than half of it is expected to come in the U.S.

The first phase alone of Microsoft’s data center in Mount Pleasant will likely require the same amount of electricity needed to power more than 300,000 homes, according to new information obtained by the Journal Sentinel. Put into context, the City of Milwaukee has around 262,000 housing units.

Microsoft is one of the biggest spenders, followed closely by Google and AWS, Bloomberg Intelligence said. Its estimate of Microsoft’s capital spending on AI, at $62.4 billion for calendar 2025, is lower than Smith’s claim that the company will invest $80 billion in the fiscal year to June 30, 2025.

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