Microsoft's $80 Billion Problem: When AI Demand Outpaces Infrastructure
Microsoft has disclosed an $80 billion backlog of Azure AI orders it cannot fulfill — not because of demand weakness, but because it lacks the electricity to power the GPUs already in inventory.
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