The data center industry is the backbone of the AI business, and the AI business, as we all know, is where the money’s at these days. As AI becomes the unstable center of America’s weird new economy, the infrastructure necessary to keep the AI going and the money flowing has become all-important, and that’s exactly why Microsoft now appears poised to go on a data-center-building rampage.

During Wednesday’s earnings call, Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella, told investors that the company plans to double its data center footprint over the next two years, the Wall Street Journal reports . At the same time, Nadella said that his company would “boost its AI capacity by more than 80% this year,” the newspaper writes.

According to its earnings report released Wednesday , the company’s revenu

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