Cloud growth has helped push Microsoft earnings past Wall Street estimates.

Microsoft has taken significant steps to standardize how artificial intelligence models interact with cloud data by unveiling public previews for two distinct Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

Microsoft is deactivating support for ActiveX in its Microsoft 365 Office package. In April, the Windows versions of Microsoft Words, Excel, PowerPoints and Visios will no longer run ActiveX by ...

Microsoft has announced it is "delaying" or "pausing" several data centre projects, including a planned $1 billion facility in Ohio, signalling a potential cooling of the infrastructure boom ...

Microsoft said it is “slowing or pausing” some of its data center construction, including a $1 billion project in Ohio, the latest sign that the demand for artificial intelligence technology ...

Microsoft Says It's 'Slowing or Pausing' Some AI Data Center Projects, Including $1B Plan for Ohio Microsoft said it is “slowing or pausing” some of its data center construction, including a $ ...

In context: Microsoft has fired the two employees involved in a protest during the company's recent 50th-anniversary celebration. The termination was attributed to misconduct, as stated in an ...

Microsoft has withdrawn from a $1 billion data center development in Licking County, Ohio, terminating a plan that had been quietly in motion for more than a year. The company had acquired over ...

Microsoft has reversed course on its $1 billion plans to build data centers in Ohio, citing 'investment strategy,' as experts warn Donald Trump's tariffs will be a massive blow to the tech industry.

Occasionally, Microsoft has to tap the brakes on its phase-out plans – though it tends to attribute the shift to the vague catch-all of "user feedback." Microsoft recently announced it will ...

Today, Brody Ford reports on the factors that may slow expensive data center expansion plans aimed at meeting cloud and AI demand from the likes of Microsoft. Apple’s UK encryption fight ...

This is the latest in a series of data center project cancellations from Microsoft, with reports recently emerging that the company had pulled back on as much as 2GW of data center projects across the ...