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Microsoft Corporation’s $331 Billion Year — Azure & AI Power The Next Growth Phase!

Microsoft Corporation reported a strong finish to fiscal year 2026, with total annual revenue exceeding $331 billion, marking an 18% increase over the prior year. The growth was primarily driven by cloud services, with Microsoft Cloud revenue surpassing $214 billion at a 27% growth rate and Azure revenue increasing by 41%. The company placed significant emphasis on its AI platform and infrastructure, expanding data center capacity aggressively by adding 31 new centers across five continents in the quarter and reducing deployment times for GPUs by nearly 50% in major regions. Investments in proprietary silicon design, including the Maia 200 chip, and partnerships to enhance AI sovereignty signal an ongoing effort to optimize performance and cater to customer preferences around data privacy and compliance.