Microsoft shares its AI (AI) vision for fiscal year 2025, highlighting key areas of the company. Instead of focusing on its AI product roadmap, the company shares details about its investment plans in AI infrastructure, skills and development of global technology accessibility. Among other efforts, the Redmond-based tech giant said it will invest about $80 billion (about Rs 6.86 crore) in AI-powered data centers to train and deploy AI models. Microsoft is also developing AI-focused courses for American universities.
Microsoft shares large AI plans for 2025
In a blog post published Friday, the tech giant shared its vision for the fiscal year. Larger plans include investing in AI technology and infrastructure, supporting skills programs that will enable widespread adoption of AI and exporting the technology globally to make AI more accessible.
The company said in its infrastructure that it will invest about $80 billion to build AI-powered data centers. These data centers will be used by companies to train new models, deploy them globally, and power Microsoft’s different cloud-based AI applications. The technology giant stressed that more than half of the fund will be spent in the U.S.
The company explains the need for AI skills, claiming that over the next 25 years, “AI can help create the next billion AI-AI-ai-ai-ai-ai among industries such as services, manufacturing, transportation, agriculture and government – ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai的工作”。 Focusing on this need, the company has partnered with the National AI Alliance to provide community colleges with “industry-aligned” AI courses. It also develops teacher training through AI bootcamps to enable students to learn the skills they need.
Additionally, Microsoft said it has developed an AI training program for teachers. It also provides career guidance and helps young professionals improve their AI skills through Microsoft Copilot to obtain the Career Navigator program.
Last year, the tech giant announced that it would invest more than US$35 billion (approximately Rs 299 crore) in 14 countries over three years to build secure AI and cloud data center infrastructure. Microsoft said the number has now expanded to 40 countries, including the Global South. It has partnered with the UAE-based AI Company G42 to introduce AI infrastructure in Kenya.
