Microsoft plans to invest AU$25B by 2029 to expand Azure AI supercomputing and cloud infrastructure in Australia, its largest commitment to the country (Ainslie Chandler/Bloomberg)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/microsoft-commits-18-billion-to-build-australian-ai-capacity"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260422/i51.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="http://www.techmeme.com/260422/p51#a260422p51" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Ainslie Chandler / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/microsoft-commits-18-billion-to-build-australian-ai-capacity">Microsoft plans to invest AU$25B by 2029 to expand Azure AI supercomputing and cloud infrastructure in Australia, its largest commitment to the country</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Microsoft Corp. announced its biggest-ever investment in Australia, pledging to spend A$25 billion ($17.9 billion) &hellip; </p>