Data center technology spending skyrocketed 34 percent in 2024, according to Synergy Research Group. It is soaring past a half a trillion dollars in the first month of 2025 as banks and technology vendors vie to build out massive AI compute.

Microsoft, MSFT, CEO Satya Nadella is expected to talk about DeepSeek, Stargate, Azure, Copilot, AI, GenAI and more on the tech vendor’s 2Q 2025 earnings call.

Both Meta and Microsoft committed to huge investments in artificial intelligence, despite new Chinese software outperforming American rivals at a lower cost.

Microsoft's disappointing Azure numbers are "neutral to modestly negative" for rivals Amazon.com and Alphabet, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Brad Erickson. Alphabet stock rose 1% while Amazon's was marginally lower.

The meteoric rise of Chinese start-up DeepSeek may have shaken Wall Street's confidence in some favorite trades, but it’s unlikely to change the immediate outlook for the spending that has fueled the AI rally,

Nvidia, led by boss Jensen Huang (pictured), lost almost $600bn in value, after China claimed its new Deepseek AI chatbot was far more efficient than rivals

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will take a closer look at Amazon Web Services and Microsoft's cloud dominance.

A U.K Competition and Markets Authority inquiry group on Tuesday provisionally recommended that the regulator should consider investigating Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft's Azure cloud unit under new digital markets legislation.

Microsoft operates in several areas where its dominance, ecosystem integration, and innovation create environments with limited competition.

As President Trump issues directives to scuttle every federal government initiative that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion, tech giants and other businesses across the Pacific Northwest are charting their own DEI courses.

Chris Young, Microsoft’s head of business development, is stepping down after four years with the company. Known for his pivotal role in major strategic deals, Young was instrumental in closing Microsoft’s historic $68.

The 'violence-obsessed' teenager deleted his internet browsing history minutes before getting a taxi to the Taylor Swift-themed summer club and launching his mass murder bid.