[New] Microsoft signed a contract to buy power from Helion's 50-megawatt plant, currently under construction and expected to begin generating power in 2028.
Forbes
[New] Microsoft used the week to reinforce its access-and-adoption pitch, saying it is on pace to invest $50 billion by 2030 to expand AI access across the Global South.
Asia Tech Lens
[New] Microsoft and Atom Computing are building Magne, a machine with 50 logical qubits from roughly 1,200 physical qubits, expected to be operational by early 2027.
Gray Group International
[New] Microsoft projects commercial quantum computers will operate in data centers by 2029, capable of calculations classical machines cannot perform.
Dataconomy
[New] U.S. technology giants Alphabet GOOGL-Q, Amazon AMZN-Q, Meta META-Q and Microsoft MSFT-Q are expected to collectively invest about US$650 billion to scale up AI-related infrastructure in 2026.
The Globe and Mail
[New] Microsoft, Google, and AWS all bet big on enterprise AI adoption rates that have not materialized as fast as projected.
The Credentials
[New] Microsoft expects 450 million of the next 500 million apps to be built using low-code or no-code.
CMARIX InfoTech Blogs
[New] Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google, Meta, and Oracle are expected to spend roughly $602 billion in 2026.
ServerLIFT
[New] Microsoft said it will pay utility rates high enough to cover its power costs and work with local utilities to expand supply when needed for its data centers.
Climate Tech Venture Review
[New] The Parle VBC 2800 Video Conferencing Bar combines the latest in Biamp Audio Intelligence with advanced 4K Video Intelligence to deliver exceptional Microsoft Teams experiences in small to medium-sized meeting rooms.
TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM
[New] Microsoft announced Elevate for Educators in India, aiming to skill two million teachers and reach 200,000 schools and institutions by 2030, as part of a broader effort to expand AI literacy and responsible use at a population scale.
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As discussed in a recent blog (Hyperscaler Capex Continues to Grow), capital expenditures have only accelerated since the DeepSeek news, with Google-parent Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle expected to spend $600 billion on AI-related development in 2026.
Cimarron Wealth Management, Inc
In collaboration with CSPs and other global partners, Microsoft and Ericsson will deliver enterprise 5G bundles, starting with Surface Copilot + PCs, Microsoft 365 and Intune, Ericsson Enterprise 5G Connect.
Stock Titan
Signals from hyperscalers (Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, etc.) will indicate multi-year capital expenditure (capex) commitments to GPU clusters versus any pivot to custom application-specific integrated circuits or internal accelerators.
IG
In 2026, AI hyperscalers such as Microsoft and Alphabet are expected to spend a whopping $500+ billion in CAPEX to fuel their AI ambitions.
Yahoo Finance
The UAE partnered with Microsoft and OpenAI and declared it would become the world's first AI-native government by 2027.
Get Down and Shruti
Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet alone are expected to spend more than $600 billion on capital expenditures in 2026.
Daily News
Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Oracle alone are expected to spend a combined $700 billion in 2026, up from $400 billion last year.
Fortune
The tech titans are all trying to outdo each other by spending eye-watering amounts on capex, the majority of which will go on AI and cloud expansion, but the big four - AWS, Microsoft, Google and Meta - are investing at a different scale.
The Register
Last updated: 08 March 2026
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