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 ...

Microsoft's pullback sent a shudder through the data center market, which has seen staggering forecasts for growth in the coming years. For some, however, the news simply reflected a more modest ...

Microsoft is reportedly shrinking its data center footprint. The tech giant has canceled leases with multiple data center providers that total a “couple hundred megawatts” of capacity ...

Microsoft data center leases slowing, analysts say, raising investor attention By Aditya Soni February 24, 20251:55 PM PSTUpdated February 24, 2025 ...

Microsoft, on the other hand, has pulled back on its buildouts, canceling data center projects in the US and Europe.

Microsoft has canceled leases totaling "a couple of hundred megawatts" of capacity with at least two private data-center operators, analysts led by Michael Elias said, citing supply chain checks.

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) ...

We’re fully on track with construction on our data center in Mount Pleasant, it’s still expected to go online in 2026, and our $3.3 billion commitment remains intact," Microsoft said in the ...

Microsoft Corp. has walked away from new data center projects in the US and Europe that would have amounted to a capacity of about 2 gigawatts of electricity, according to TD Cowen analysts, who ...

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 has pulled back on data center projects around the world, Bloomberg reports, suggesting that the company is wary of expanding its cloud computing infrastructure too rapidly.