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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Dani Oh

Microsoft Stock Surges as $41 Billion AI Bet Eases Wall Street's Biggest Fear

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella faces the challenge of turning record AI investment into sustained enterprise demand. (Credit: ‪Salah Darwish/Unsplash)

Microsoft has eased one of Wall Street's biggest fears over artificial intelligence spending after revealing a £41 billion quarterly splurge on data centres, chips and computing power is being met by booming demand that continues to outstrip its capacity.

The software giant behind Windows, Azure and Microsoft 365 reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday, with Azure revenue growth accelerating and customer demand still running ahead of Microsoft's available AI infrastructure.

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