Microsoft has reportedly pulled back on data center projects around the world, suggesting that the company is wary of overexpanding.

Microsoft Corp. has pulled back on data center projects around the world, suggesting the company is taking a harder look at its plans to build the server farms powering artificial intelligence and the cloud.

President Trump's sweeping reciprocal tariffs could hamstring Big Tech's billion-dollar efforts to build AI infrastructure in the country.

Reports that Microsoft has been slowing its data center deployment strategy have been rife in recent weeks. TD Cowen analysts first reported that the company had withdrawn from around 200MW of data center leasing agreements in February of this year.

Where things stand: California has around 270 data centers, according to Utilities and Energy Committee analysis. Those are concentrated largely around the city of Santa Clara close to major tech headquarters, and constitute the single largest load for the local utility, Silicon Valley Power.

The development is planned to be across from Meta's $800 million hyperscale data center campus that is currently under construction.

What was once Pennsylvania’s biggest coal-fired power plant is being turned into a $10 billion natural gas-powered data center campus designed to capitalize on Big Tech's fast-growing energy demands.

Blackstone-owned data center firm AirTrunk is seeking a S$2.2 billion ($1.7 billion) green loan for a new greenfield project in Singapore, according to people familiar with the matter, as it looks to ramp up its expansion plans regionally.

Several candidates are vying to defeat a pair of incumbent Republican Georgia Public Service commissioners in an election that challengers say will become a referendum on rising Georgia Power bills. Consumer watchdogs worry that the state’s largest utility will continue to raise rates on residential customers as it girds for a wave of data center