Microsoft scales back global AI data center expansion plans amid emerging low-cost model trends – SiliconANGLE

Microsoft scales back global AI data center expansion plans amid emerging low-cost model trends – SiliconANGLE

Microsoft Corp. has reportedly pulled back on multiple planned data center projects three months after it announced plans to spend $80 billion to build artificial intelligence data centers through the current fiscal year.

Bloomberg, referencing people familiar with the situation, claims that Microsoft had recently halted talks for, or delayed development of, sites in Australia, Indonesia, the U.K. and several U.S. states — Illinois, North Dakota and Wisconsin.

Microsoft hasn’t…

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