Tech giants like Microsoft are pouring billions into global AI infrastructure. Microsoft’s $2.9 billion investment in Japan focuses on cloud, AI, and workforce training.
Microsoft said on Tuesday it would invest $2.9 billion over two years to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure in Japan. This is the latest in a series of overseas expansions by large tech firms to support the development of artificial intelligence.
The investment – the companies largest in the 46 years of its operations in the country – will also go towards skilling three million people in AI and setting up a Microsoft Research Asia lab in Tokyo.
Server operators are expanding their data centers and cloud computing assets globally to support a boom in AI applications and workloads after the late 2022 launch of ChatGPT.
Amazon.com’s cloud unit invests $10 billion in Mississippi and another $5.3 billion in Saudi Arabia towards data centers in those regions. Google is building a data center just outside London for $1 billion.
Amazon.com’s cloud unit invests $10 billion in Mississippi and another $5.3 billion in Saudi Arabia towards data centers in those regions. Google is building a data center just outside London for $1 billion.
Microsoft’s Azure, Alphabet-unit Google Cloud, and Amazon Web Services are the world’s top three cloud computing companies.
