By Simply Wall St
Publication Date: 2026-10-17 20:25:00
- Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT) agreed a 20-year, 1,100 MW power deal with NiSource to serve its planned Indiana data center campus.
- UK regulators are weighing whether to give Microsoft’s business software a strategic market status that would increase ongoing scrutiny of its services.
- Microsoft and other large tech groups are preparing for expanded US congressional investigations into corporate ties with government agencies.
- The 1,100 MW Indiana power deal, possible UK strategic market status and new US probes are only one slice of Microsoft’s story. Take a look at 1 warning sign we have identified for Microsoft.
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Microsoft runs a global software and cloud platform that underpins many corporate IT systems. As a result, long term power sourcing for data centers and closer scrutiny of its business tools both sit right…