Microsoft ‘Slowing or Pausing’ Some Data Centre Construction Projects
April 14, 2025
In a post on LinkedIn, Noelle Walsh, president of cloud operations + innovation said the company is making “adjustments” to data centre infrastructure projects. Microsoft is on track to spend US$80 billion building out data centres according to Walsh, as it expands to 350 facilities across 60 regions worldwide. But after it emerged that the company was putting a $1 billion data centre expansion project in Ohio on hold, Walsh said she wanted to explain some of the considerations that have shaped Microsoft’s decision making.
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