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• [New] Microsoft plans to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant to fuel its data centers. The Utility Expo
• [New] Microsoft has planned investments of approximately USD 40 billion in AI-powered data centers, while the U.S. is expected to receive USD 300 billion for AI infrastructure development. Global Risk Community
• [New] Singapore's National University Health System used Microsoft HoloLens 2 to plan and guide over 100 neurosurgery, cardiac and liver transplant procedures; surgeons and patients view 3D holographic images during consultations to improve understanding and speed diagnosis. Winssolutions
• [New] Microsoft obviously hopes that personalization will make Copilot more attractive to users. Office 365 for IT Pros
• Dedicated AI apps for Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity will arrive on Samsung's smart TVs and monitors. Android Headlines
• Warlock ransomware exploits unpatched Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities to gain access, escalate privileges, steal credentials, move laterally, and deploy ransomware with data exfiltration across enterprise environments. Trend Micro
• The NCSC has issued an alert urging UK organizations to immediately apply security updates to mitigate two actively exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint Servers that allow unauthenticated remote code execution on on-premises installations. Walker Morris LLP
• $60 billion could fund new AI chip designs or U.S.-based manufacturing to counter rising competition from Advanced Micro Devices and in-house chips developed by tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon. 24/7 Wall St.
• Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta are projected to spend upwards of $400 billion combined on AI capital expenditures in 2025 alone. TradingView
• Microsoft, OpenAI, and NVIDIA warned about power swings and physical damage to power grids increasing from AI training workloads and jointly proposed a multi-pronged approach to stabilize power in AI training data centers. Semiconductor Engineering
• Giving civil service employees access to Microsoft 365 Copilot AI could indeed save them an average of 26 minutes per day on office tasks. The Register
• ACP could have a similar impact to the Language Server Protocol, developed by Microsoft as a standard for smart editor features for programming languages, but for AI agents. The Register

Last updated: 14 September 2025