Microsoft has just unveiled the extent to which the leading cloud platform is made – $ 75 billion per year

Azure Cloud Business is a axis of Microsoft’s efforts to convert its concentration into artificial intelligence, but until Wednesday the company did not reveal the amount of money it earns.

Revelation came in the profit report at the end of the year for software customers, which also showed a 24 % increase in the company’s separation profit that won the Wall Street and Weshire’s expectations from the continuous Microsoft construction of the new data centers expected to meet the cloud computing and the demand for artificial intelligence.

“We continue to expand our data center capacity faster than any other competitor,” CEO Satia Nadilla said in the investor’s call, and it is now characterized by the company now has more than 400 sprawling facilities across six continents.

Microsoft’s fourth quarter profit reached $ 34.3 billion, or $ 3.65 per share, overcoming analysts’ expectations for $ 3.37 per share.

Revenue of $ 76.4 billion in the April to June period achieved an increase of 18 % over last year. Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research were looking for revenues of $ 73.86 billion.

Microsoft Azure has launched more than a decade ago, but the service has become increasingly intertwined with artificial aspirations, as the company is looking to sell Ai Chatbot and other tools for adult business customers who also depend on its basic services online.

It still extends behind its main competitor, Amazon Web services, which recorded $ 107.6 billion revenues for their financial year, which ended in December.

Building to Power Cloud and artificial intelligence technology is costly, and Microsoft has searched for savings elsewhere. Declare Discipline of about 15,000 workers This year even with its profit.

Nadella told employees last week that the demobilization of the workers was “weighing heavily”, but he also put them as an opportunity to re -imagine the company’s mission of the era of artificial intelligence.

However, the total workforce numbers have not changed. The company said it is employing 228,000 full -time employees as of June 30, the same amount it was reported a year ago, although more of them are now falling in the United States and less of them in the roles of supporting products or consulting services.

The promises of a smaller approach were welcomed in Wall Street, especially since Microsoft and other technology giants are trying to justify huge sums of capital spending to pay the price of data centers, chips and other components required to operate the artificial intelligence technology.

Google After issuing its profits last week, its budget for capital expenditures will raise 10 billion dollars to 85 billion dollars. Microsoft’s financial manager, Emmy Hood, said she expects to spend capital for the quarter from September to September 30 billion dollars.

On Wednesday, Microsoft did not reveal to what extent the American definitions affect their revenues, but its reports reports list the definitions between a number of risks facing the company.

The company said: “Increased geopolitical instability and changing the priorities of the American administration creates an unexpected trade scene.” He also said that “the fluctuations of American definitions led to economic uncertainty and may affect the cloud and competitive devices of the supply chain.”