Microsoft adds 24 data centres in a quarter as AI demand grows

Microsoft added 24 data centres across five continents in the September quarter to meet demand for its cloud and AI services, CEO Satya Nadella said. The company, which runs more than 500 data centres in 34 countries, spent $45.2 billion on capital expenditure. It said GPU deployment times fell 20% and Copilot workload throughput rose more than 50%.