After recently announcing the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-continues-layoffs-with-42-more-roles-cut-for-the-fifth-month-in-a-row” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-continues-layoffs-with-42-more-roles-cut-for-the-fifth-month-in-a-row”>layoff of 42 employees at its Redmond headquarters, Microsoft has unveiled a massive data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.reuters.com/business/nebius-signs-174-billion-ai-infrastructure-deal-with-microsoft-shares-jump-2025-09-08/” data-url=”https://www.reuters.com/business/nebius-signs-174-billion-ai-infrastructure-deal-with-microsoft-shares-jump-2025-09-08/” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>$17.4 billion infrastructure deal with Nebius. The agreement highlights just how serious Microsoft is about its data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-redirect=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/artificial-intelligence” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence”>AI ambitions.
It comes shortly after Microsoft revealed a separate contract that will save the U.S. data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/u-s-agencies-offered-usd6b-in-microsoft-cloud-savings-discounts-span-office-azure-and-ai-tools” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/u-s-agencies-offered-usd6b-in-microsoft-cloud-savings-discounts-span-office-azure-and-ai-tools”>government $6 billion over three years. Together, these moves underline the company’s $80 billion AI infrastructure strategy. This latest deal with Nebius could be one of the most…
