With over half of the $80 billion Microsoft (MSFT, Financials) disclosed intentions to spend in AI-enabled data centers worldwide in fiscal year 2025 allocated for U.S. projects specifically. The project is a component of a larger plan to confirm American leadership in artificial intelligence by means of infrastructure building,

Much of the $80B will go towards data centers to be used for artificial intelligence, as AI progress has resulted in the need for “large-scale infrastructure investments that serve as the essential foundation of AI innovation and use,” Microsoft Vice President Brad Smith wrote in the post.

The tech giant has pledged that all data centers serving its cloud by this year will have power purchase agreements for 100 percent low-carbon energy.

Microsoft plans to invest $80 billion in AI data centers, urging increased funding for AI research and a national talent strategy.

Microsoft is set to invest $80 billion in fiscal 2025 to expand its AI datacenter capabilities, Brad Smith, the company's president and vice chairman wrote in a blog post. Microsoft sees artificial intelligence as the next industrial revolution and wants to participate in it.