U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping reciprocal tariffs could hamstring Big Tech's billion-dollar efforts to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in the country, likely undermining a key goal of the administration,

Microsoft Corp. has pulled back on data center projects around the world, suggesting the company is taking a harder look at its plans to build the server farms powering artificial intelligence and the cloud.

Enterprise IT leaders are trying to figure out if they should plan data centers outside of the US, but the changing nature of global tariffs is making that into a no-win dilemma.

The Trump administration identified 16 sites for the development of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers Thursday on land owned by the Department of Energy (DOE). The centers comprise rows of

AWS, Microsoft and Google accounted for 59% of all hyperscale compute capacity as the number of large facilities grew to more than 1,100 last year, Synergy Research Group said.

DRFortress is Hawaii’s largest carrier-neutral data center and cloud services provider. The 65,000-square-foot facility is located at 375 Koapaka St. in Honolulu and serves as the state’s digital hub.

IREN currently has two AI data centers under development. Its ‘Horizon 1’ data center is expected to host an initial IT load of 50MW, with the potential for further expansion. Horizon 1 will demand capital expenditure of between $300-350 million, which will be funded through customer colocation prepayments and debt financing.

Arm Holdings expects its share of the global market for data center central processing units to surge to 50% by the end of the year, up from about 15% in 2024 with gains driven by the boom in artificial intelligence,

Cloud infrastructure and data center services provider ESDS Software Solution plans to approach capital markets once again, to mop up Rs 600 crore via initial public offering (IPO). It filed draft papers with the SEBI on March 30, 2025.