- In general, Microsoft’s income has increased, with artificial intelligence tools that pushes it forward
- The annual income execution rate for your AI business increases by 175% year -on -year
- Redmond opened two new regions of data centers the last quarter
Microsoft’s revenues rose 12% very healthy year after year in the last three months of 2024, which raised the total quarterly figure to $ 69.6 billion and exceeded the previous expectations of analysts of $ 68.8 billion.
In the announcement, the CEO Satya Nadella said that the annual revenue rate of its AI business is now $ 13 billion, 175% more year after year.
“We are innovating in our technological battery and helping customers unlock the full ROI of AI to capture the massive opportunity that advances,” Nadella said.
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CFO Amy Hood confirmed that Microsoft’s revenues in the cloud for the most recent quarter increased 21% year after year to $ 40.9 billion. The key to its success has been the growing demand for AI tools and data centers.
Among the most prominent aspects of the AI of its second fiscal quarter are the co -pilot in Excel with Python, the launch of Microsoft Places, LinkedIn Activates and two new releases from the data center region: New Zealand North and Taiwan North.
Speaking in the earning call, Nadella added: “We have more to double our general capacity of the data center in the last three years.”
Microsoft 365 Consumer Cloud Informs grew by 8%, and its commercial counterpart saw a growth of 16%, with companies that seek to invest in connected services driven by artificial intelligence.
The substantial growth of two digits is largely responsible for Microsoft’s recent financial success, but other business areas also saw sudden minor. Its OEM revenues and Windows devices increased by 4%, while Xbox content and services increased by 2%, indicating a slow but stable interest of the consumer.
However, although Windows 10 deprecation is configured to see consumer spending when it comes to hardware and software updates, some personal customers have stayed with a bitter taste in the mouth after Microsoft subscriptions 365 became more expensive this month. Some Australian clients are seeing price increases up to 46%.
