We already know that Microsoft is investing billions in developing their new data centers to power their enterprise and consumer cloud services. Speaking at GreenPages’ CloudScape conference, Microsoft East Region Vice President Karen Del Vescovo shared that Microsoft is set to spend $15 billion on data centers this year, up from $8 billion last year.
Microsoft CFO Amy Hood will effectively “write a $15 billion check” for the cloud data centers that Microsoft will build this year, said Del Vescovo. “Not many CFOs get to do that,” she said. “That is pretty impressive. She is well aligned with (Microsoft CEO) Satya (Nadella) on how we are going to continue to build this vision out.”
Microsoft has now aounced 32 Azure regions around the world with 24 generally available today – more than any other major cloud provider. Microsoft will continue to build out data centers, maintaining this hyper-scale capacity as they move forward.
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