✅ Final Thoughts Friday for 2025-01-03
This week, I was blown away by news of $80B Microsoft AI data centers and yearly car chip costs!
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The tech news stories that caught my eye this week both included a staggering reference to $80B.
🤖 + 🤯 First, $80B of new Microsoft AI data centers… in 2025.

Techmeme: Microsoft says it expects to spend $80B in FY 2025 on the construction of data centers that can handle AI workloads, with 50%+ of the spending in the US (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
By Jordan Novet / CNBC. View the full context on Techmeme.
🍪 + 🤯 Second, $80B+ in car chips… per year!
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