Remember when tech giants used to announce their big plans with all the subtlety of a bull in a china shop? Yeah, those were the days. Fast forward to now, and Microsoft’s latest adventure—a cool $80 billion data center plan—is hitting some speed bumps. Bloomberg reports they’re pumping the brakes on projects from Indonesia to the UK, and even in Illinois, where you’d think things would be straightforward. Some deals are off the table, and timelines are getting as stretched as that one pair of sweatpants we all swore we’d only wear during lockdown. 🐢
These data centers were meant to be the muscle behind Microsoft’s AI dreams, but it looks like they’re doing a bit of soul-searching. Sure, a spokesperson says they’re still on track to spend that staggering amount by fiscal 2025, but between you and me, we’ve all seen how these tech promises can go. Cloud computing was once just a fancy term people threw around at parties, and now it’s, well, everywhere.
The piece points to tariffs and changing demand as possible culprits, which is just the tech world’s version of ‘it’s complicated.’ It’s enough to make you miss the good old days of dial-up tones and computers that weighed as much as a small car. But if the past few decades have taught us anything, it’s that tech never stands still—and neither does our ability to complain about it.
