Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) is building an AI super factory in Atlanta to double its data center footprint and keep up with the $400 billion AI industry.

The announcement is a key milestone for Microsoft, which has ambitions to double its data center footprint over the next two years. The new Atlanta site is part of the company’s larger “Fairwater” network, which is a new class of server hubs that’s dedicated to training and running AI models.

Microsoft has brought its latest datacenter online in Atlanta, which it dubs an 'AI superfactory' as it directly connects with other datacenters across the country to deliver the power of hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs to support AI workloads.

The tech giant is building out huge data centers among the most advanced in the world as it rushes to meet demand for AI computing power.

Microsoft agreed to donate 22.5 acres of its 90-acre Quarry Yard property to Atlanta and to the Atlanta Urban Development Corp. affiliate, Mayor Andre Dickens announced Monday.

ATLANTA — Microsoft is giving the city of Atlanta more than 22 acres of its Quarry Yards property in the Grove Park neighborhood for community use. The company says while plans for its 90-acre campus are on pause, the land along Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway will strengthen the local neighborhood for years to come.

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