Microsoft adds 24 data centres across five continents to expand AI infrastructure

Microsoft added 24 data centres across five continents in the September quarter to expand computing capacity for its cloud and AI services, CEO Satya Nadella announced during the company's earnings call on October 28. The company, which operates more than 500 data centres across 34 countries, reduced the time to bring new NVIDIA GB300 GPUs into operation by about 20% quarter-on-quarter in its largest regions. Throughput for Copilot workloads increased by more than 50% over the same period. Microsoft reported revenue of $92.3 billion for the September quarter, up 19% year-on-year, with net profit rising 32% to $36.6 billion. Capital expenditure was $45.2 billion, with the company expecting it to exceed $50 billion in the December quarter.