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Microsoft plans 38 gigawatts of data center capacity by 2032, Bloomberg News reports

Published

10 September 2026

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technology

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Cloud Infrastructure

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United States

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Fusion42 · 10 September 2026 · Fusion42 review

Microsoft plans to expand its data center capacity to about 38 gigawatts by 2032, more than tripling its current footprint, with AI-specific chip capacity growing to about a third of this total.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cloud Infrastructure, and 7 sources have reported it between 10 Sep 2026 and 12 Sep 2026.

◆ The Wire takeaway

Your cloud infrastructure costs and capacity needs just shifted with Microsoft's tripling of data center scale and AI capacity by 2032. Plan for bigger AI compute demand and longer lease strategies that could reshape capital use in cloud services.

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7 sources · first reported 10 Sep 2026 · latest 12 Sep 2026

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