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Industry·Jun 24·all news from June 24, 2026

Meta, Microsoft Lead $850 Billion Boom in Data Center Leases

Meta and Microsoft have collectively committed tens of billions of dollars to new data center leases during the most recent quarter. These expenditures reflect a broader industry trend of aggressive infrastructure investment required to support the massive computing capacity needed for large-scale artificial intelligence models.

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