Satya Nadella: DeepSeek is the new bar for Microsoft’s AI success

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March 27, 2025, 5:00 PM

• •Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says DeepSeek's R1 model is a reminder of what 200 people can do when they come together with one thought and one play.
• •Microsoft is investing $80 billion into datacenters to power AI workloads this fiscal year.
• •Microsoft's carbon-negative goal by 2030 is now four times bigger than it was five years ago, but the company is doubling down on its efforts to meet the goal.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has set a new bar for the company's AI work, saying that it needs to be able to turn research projects into products that are number one in the App Store. Microsoft is also investing $80 billion into datacenters to power AI workloads this fiscal year, and is doubling down on its goal to be carbon negative as a company by 2030.

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