By Steve Anderson
Publication Date: 2025-11-26 18:32:00
Under normal circumstances, losing two major names in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure at a time when you are trying to develop your AI chops would be bad news. This happened to tech giant Microsoft (MSFT) just recently. But shareholders were hardly concerned, and gave shares a 2% boost in Wednesday afternoon’s trading.
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Until recently, Microsoft had a head of AI infrastructure, Nidhi Chappell, and a director of energy and data center research in Sean James. But Microsoft has these two no longer, as both recently left the company. Perhaps worse yet, James announced that he was leaving Microsoft in favor of a job with Nvidia (NVDA).
This is especially bad news for Microsoft, as the departures come at a time when Microsoft needs all hands on deck to push forward in AI development. With Microsoft currently having more chips than power to run them, losing the director of energy research is a particular blow. Meanwhile, analysts…
