Microsoft tops US$50b cloud milestone as AI capex surges and Copilot adoption accelerates

Charlene Chen

, DIGITIMES Asia, Taipei

Jan 29, 2026, 10:39 0

Credit: AFP

Microsoft's earnings conference call for the fiscal second quarter of 2026 underscored a company accelerating into an AI-first era—while also confronting investor scrutiny over the scale of its infrastructure spending.

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