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Microsoft Stock's Upside Now Runs Through Its Data Center Build
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Fusion42 · 24 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
Microsoft's stock upside depends largely on its ability to expand data center capacity and deliver on its large backlog of orders, particularly outside frontier AI companies, with operating margins expected to hold close to recent highs despite significant capital expenditures.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cloud Infrastructure.
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You must factor in data centre capacity as the real bottleneck for cloud growth, not customer demand. If you provide complementary services or hardware for Microsoft's buildout, now is the time to position for expansion.
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