SPD welcomes major Microsoft investment in the lignite mining area. NRW wants to get out of coal completely by 2030.
Microsoft will invest almost 3.3 billion euros in Germany over the next two years to massively expand its data center capacities for artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing applications. Microsoft President Brad Smith announced this on Thursday in Berlin during a conversation with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) The largest single investment in Microsoft's 40-year history in Germany also includes an AI training program.