🇯🇵 Microsoft to Invest $2.9 Billion to Boost AI, Cloud in Japan
Microsoft Corp. will invest $2.9 billion over the next two years to boost its hyperscale cloud computing and #artificialintelligence infrastructure in Japan, marking its biggest investment in the country. The announcement was made on Tuesday in Washington after #Microsoft President Brad Smith met Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is in the US for the first official visit by a #Japanese leader in nine years. The Nikkei newspaper had reported the new investment earlier.