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The technology sector is grappling with a fresh wave of job cuts, with 90,471 layoffs recorded globally since the start of 2025, according to a new report from RationalFX, a personal finance and trading education platform. -
At ITW 2025, Puja Athale, global AI lead for telcos at Microsoft, shares how Microsoft is guiding telecom operators through AI-driven transformation—reshaping employee experiences, customer engagement, business processes, and innovation.
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Microsoft is set to cut 3% of its workforce despite posting better-than-expected results last month.
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Microsoft is looking to push past the headlines that it's scaling back on data centre projects, with the firm committing to ongoing expansion with a more nuanced approach to pacing and regional adjustments.
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Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC (du) has revealed a landmark AED 2 billion ($544.54 million) deal with Microsoft to develop a new hyperscale data centre in the UAE.
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“People are investing ahead of the demand,” warned Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai, speaking about the current wave of data centre build-outs. As a billionaire investor and Jack Ma’s long-time right-hand man, Tsai knows a thing or two about spotting froth in the market. His view on the sector’s rapid growth? “I start to see the beginning of some kind of bubble.”
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The industry group attempting to create an open standard around GPU interconnectivity have unveiled their first specification, which aims to challenge Nvidia's proprietary technology while significantly boosting AI computing performance.
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The UK government has launched a new cross-industry initiative aimed at improving energy efficiency and sustainability in AI.
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Microsoft is reportedly pulling the plug on additional data centre projects, with planned sites in Indonesia and Australia now joining a string of cancellations across the US, UK, and Europe, signalling a possible rethink of its AI strategy.
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Microsoft has reportedly scaled back yet more data centre projects in the US and Europe, heightening concerns over potential oversupply.
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Nvidia, Elon Musk’s xAI have joined the $30 billion fund AI data centre investment fund set up by BlackRock, Microsoft, and MGX.
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Microsoft and global interconnection provider DE-CIX have teamed up to tackle the issue of workplace lag with Microsoft Azure Peering Service (MAPS), a solution designed to improve network routing and eliminate bottlenecks for businesses relying on Microsoft’s cloud applications.
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Microsoft has reportedly cancelled multiple data centre leases across the United States, signalling a potential slowdown in AI-related infrastructure expansion.
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Microsoft’s $700 million cloud, AI, and cybersecurity investment in Poland threatens Europe’s digital sovereignty and national security, warns Kai Wawrzinek, co-founder of Impossible Cloud Network.
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Microsoft claims to have developed the “transistor for the quantum age” upon unveiling Majorana 1, the world’s first quantum chip powered by a new Topological Core architecture.
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Even as market jitters over the DeepSeek sell-off dragged down tech stocks, industry giants posted robust earnings this week, with several reporting billion-dollar revenue gains driven by sustained demand for AI and cloud infrastructure.
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Microsoft has continued its global cloud and AI infrastructure investing efforts, unveiling plans to spend $3 billion in India.
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Microsoft plans to invest $80 billion to build AI-enabled data centres, Brad Smith, the company’s president has revealed.
