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Sen. JD Vance accused Microsoft of replacing laid-off Americans with “foreign indentured servants” and said the administration suspended Microsoft from the PERM green card program, a move that could affect employment-based immigration for some workers at the software giant.
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A Yahoo Finance report says Microsoft is backing a shift away from a “compute landlord” approach toward building more of the AI stack itself, after years of underwriting major cloud spending used by leading AI startups.
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The technology giant’s latest in-house AI hardware launch helped it regain its place among the world’s most valuable public companies, according to market coverage tied to the company’s chip announcement.
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The company says it is installing the latest Maia chip generation in its data center infrastructure to support the AI software workloads running on Microsoft’s cloud, with plans to build out multiple gigawatts worth of capacity.
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The company says its upcoming Maia 300 system is designed to boost efficiency for AI workloads, targeting 40% more AI-generated tokens per megawatt than leading GPU-based platforms.
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The company says its custom Maia 300 AI system will be deployed in Azure cloud facilities beginning in 2027, positioning Microsoft to reduce dependence on third-party accelerators for certain AI workloads.
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The next generation of Microsoft’s in-house AI hardware is scheduled for production deployments in 2027, as the company outlines a ramp in custom silicon to support data center demand.
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Market trading moved against Nvidia after Microsoft revealed it is building a new artificial intelligence chip, a development traders interpret as potential pressure on the graphics-processor dominance of the AI boom.
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A new market column frames a long-horizon, steady buying plan for Microsoft shares and highlights demand pressures in Azure and accelerating adoption of Copilot, even as the stock’s recent performance appears muted.
