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Microsoft to invest $2.9bn in AI and cloud infrastructure in Japan over two years

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Source: Microsoft

Microsoft said on 9 April 2024, during Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s US visit, that it would invest $2.9 billion over two years in hyperscale cloud and AI infrastructure in Japan. It also pledged AI skills training for 3 million people over three years, opened a Microsoft Research Asia lab in Tokyo and agreed cybersecurity work with Japan’s Cabinet Secretariat.

Why it matters

Japanese companies and agencies gained more domestic AI compute from a US cloud provider.

When
9 Apr 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0162
Who
Microsoft, Cabinet Secretariat; Fumio Kishida

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Microsoft. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2024-0162: “Microsoft to invest $2.9bn in AI and cloud infrastructure in Japan over two years.” wheresthe.ai, 9 Apr 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/jp-microsoft-2-9bn-ai-cloud-2024-04/ (source: Microsoft).

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