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.

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

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

Microsoft announced it would be investing $80 billion of its budget for the fiscal year 2025 on building AI specific data centers.

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. "Today, the United States leads the global AI race thanks to the investment of private capital and innovations by American companies of all sizes,

Microsoft expects to spend $80 billion in fiscal 2025 to build data centers for AI workloads, as stated in the company’s blog post. Fortunetly, over half of this spending will occur in the U.S., according to Vice Chair Brad Smith.