Microsoft will invest almost 3.3 billion euros in Germany over the next two years to massively expand its data center capacities. The investment funds will flow primarily to North Rhine-Westphalia, where Microsoft wants to set up a new cloud region.
The largest single investment in Microsoft's 40-year history in Germany also includes an AI training program intended to reach up to 1.2 million people. Microsoft uses AI technology, among other things, in its search engine Bing and as a “copilot” in its office programs.