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Microsoft is a global technology leader that develops and licenses software and services across a broad range of devices. It is headquartered in Redmond, Wash., and was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Satya Nadella currently serves as CEO. Microsoft’s divisions include Windows, Office, Azure and LinkedIn. The company’s competitors include Apple, Amazon and Google. Our coverage of Microsoft closely follows the company’s attempts to lead in artificial intelligence, such as its major $11 billion investment in OpenAI.

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Why Amazon and Microsoft Are Taking Communities’ Side Against Utilities

By Ann Davis Vaughan · Sep 13, 2026 7:00am PDT

Amazon, Microsoft, Oracle and other AI data center developers are sweetening financial offers to municipalities and regulators to gain approval for new facilities. They’re also getting smarter about standing up for consumers against utilities that have proposed to make the public pay for some of the cost of handling new electricity loads.The... Amazon, Microsoft, Oracle and other AI data center developers are sweetening financial offers to...

Google’s (Small) Antitrust Victory and Microsoft’s Azure Shift

Google’s (Small) Antitrust Victory and Microsoft’s Azure Shift

By Martin Peers · Sep 2, 2026 5:00pm PDT

We had lots of news today, including Microsoft’s decision to start breaking out Azure numbers, and Broadcom projecting bonanza growth in its AI chip business in the next couple of years. Oh, and the Trump administration threw its weight behind OpenAI in its copyright lawsuit against The New York Times Co. We have more on all those below. ... We had lots of news today, including Microsoft’s decision to start breaking out Azure numbers,...

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The Risks of Microsoft’s Relatively Restrained Capex

By Anita Ramaswamy · Aug 9, 2026 11:00am PDT

Microsoft came out of this summer’s earnings season looking like a prudent spender. Unlike rival cloud computing firms Amazon and Alphabet, which both burned cash thanks to their heavy AI investments, Microsoft not only generated $19.6 billion in free cash flow in the June quarter but forecast it will continue to generate cash for at least the... Microsoft came out of this summer’s earnings season looking like a prudent spender. Unlike rival...