Microsoft to invest more than $5.4 billion in Canada to boost AI infrastructure

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Microsoft to invest more than $5.4 billion in Canada to boost AI infrastructure.

deals & business :: 2025-12-09 :: source - reuters

By Reuters

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(Reuters) - Microsoft said on Tuesday it is investing more than C$7.5 billion ($5.42 billion) in ‌Canada over the next two years, as the ‌tech giant focuses on expanding its cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure footprint.

New capacity under the investment will ⁠begin to come ‌online in the second half of 2026, Microsoft said, ‍adding that its total estimated investment in Canada amounts to C$19 billion between 2023 and 2027.

Microsoft also said it ‌would expand its Azure Local cloud offering in Canada.

The company, in addition, is launching a dedicated "Threat Intelligence Hub" in Canada to focus on cybersecurity ⁠protection and AI security research, and work with the Canadian government and lawmakers to track threat actors and ‍organized crime.

Microsoft ⁠currently has more than 5,300 employees across 11 cities in Canada.

($1 = ⁠1.3841 Canadian dollars)

(Reporting by Deborah Sophia in ‌Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala ‌and Vijay Kishore)

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