The next frontier for data centers may be underwater. Microsoft has tested a self-contained data center prototype in the ocean, which may alleviate the need for air-conditioning, one of the most ...

China is pulling ahead of the rest of the world in sinking data centers that power AI into the ocean as an alternate way to ...

To grow its economy, China is betting big on artificial intelligence, cloud computing and other digital technology—and a big part of that bet involves rapidly building data centers to boost computing ...

Microsoft still has plans for robust growth Dan Thompson, an analyst at S&P Global who covers the data center industry, said that the magnitude of the data center boom was bound to modulate ...

Microsoft announced it is slowing or pausing some of its data center construction in a sign that the demand for AI technology isn’t quite as expected. (Submitted Photo: Microsoft/The Daily Reporter) ...

Microsoft Corp. has reportedly pulled back on multiple planned data center projects three months after it announced plans to spend $80 billion to build artificial intelligence data centers through ...

Microsoft axes data center leases as DeepSeek casts doubt on massive AI spend: report By Taylor Herzlich Published Feb. 24, 2025, 11:43 a.m. ET ...

The report about Microsoft’s revised data center roadmap coincided with the announcement of not only but two major AI investment initiatives. Apple this morning pledged to spend $500 billion in ...