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

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

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.

Microsoft is investing $80 billion in 2025 to build AI-focused data centers, with most of the spending in the U.S. Vice Chair Brad Smith said the U.S. leads the global AI race because of private investments and innovation and urged quick action to stay ahead of growing competition from China.

Microsoft data center will consume a massive amount of electricity, enough to power several hundred thousand homes.

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.

The first phase alone of Microsoft’s data center in Mount Pleasant will consume enough megawatts of electricity to power several hundred thousand homes.