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Publication Date: 2026-05-18 01:21:00
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Microsoft’s planned geothermal powered Azure data center project in Kenya has stalled after talks with the Kenyan government broke down over payment guarantees.
The East Africa build out, tied to Microsoft’s cloud partnership with G42, is now uncertain as the company reassesses its approach to expanding Azure in emerging markets.
The project had been framed as a way to extend cloud access across East Africa using renewable energy and new regional infrastructure.
For investors tracking NasdaqGS:MSFT, this setback arrives with the stock trading around $421.92 and longer term returns showing mixed signals, with gains over 3 and 5 years but declines over the past year. The pause in Kenya can be viewed as one project within a much larger capital program that also includes ongoing spending on AI and global cloud infrastructure, rather than in isolation.
The stalled…
