The tech giant spent more than US$50 billion on capital expenditures the previous year, mostly related to AI-supporting server farm construction
More than half of this projected spending through June 2025 will be in the United States, Microsoft president Brad Smith wrote in a blog post Friday. Recent AI progress is thanks to “large-scale infrastructure investments that serve as the essential foundation of AI innovation and use,” Smith wrote.
The country needs “a pragmatic export control policy that balances strong security protection for AI components in trusted data centres with an ability for U.S. companies to expand rapidly and provide a reliable source of supply to the many countries that are American allies and friends,” Smith wrote.