Microsoft commits $23 billion in new AI infrastructure investments focused on India and Canada

Microsoft announced $23 billion in new AI-related investments, including $17.5 billion over four years to expand cloud and AI infrastructure, skilling and operations in India and more than $5.4 billion to grow datacenter capacity and AI partnerships in Canada. The India plan includes a new hyperscale region in Hyderabad, expansion of existing regions, integration of Azure OpenAI services into national labour platforms and a pledge to train 20 million Indians in AI skills by 2030.