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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.
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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.
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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…