Microsoft started the new year with a small gain year to date, then lost it in recent weeks. But on Friday, the stock rallied for the second week in a row and notched a six-week closing high. So, is Microsoft stock,

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is about to have another big AI-driven year as the enterprise behemoth aims to spend a colossal $80 billion on AI-related efforts for fiscal year 2025, a big chunk of which will go toward building out AI data centers.

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What Happened? Shares of tech giant Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) jumped 4% in the afternoon session after President Trump announced a $500 billion Stargate project (Joint Venture with OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank) to develop artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States.