Microsoft is on track to invest $5.5 billion in Singaporean cloud and AI infrastructure by 2029.

Company president Brad Smith said that the investment will go towards meeting growing demand for AI skills and compute capacity, as well as the maintenance of ongoing operations.

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the pledge comes just one day after Microsoft promised $1bn in spending in Thailand.

“Our ongoing investment in cloud and AI infrastructure reflects Microsoft’s long‑term confidence in Singapore as a global digital leader,” said Smith.

“We’re focused on helping people and organizations use AI by strengthening skills, increasing cybersecurity and resilience, and advancing trusted governance.”

Microsoft opened its Singapore Azure cloud region in 2010 with three availability zones. The cloud company was selected as one of four operators given 80MW of IT capacity for new data centers in Singapore in 2023, as the city-state looked to end a years-long moratorium on new developments.

In 2024, Microsoft signed a 20-year PPA with EDP Renewables for power from the energy firm's 200MWp SolarNova 8 project, which sees solar panels placed on building rooftops.

In January 2026, Microsoft revealed that it had stood up approximately 1GW of data center capacity in the previous three months alone. The cloud giant has also, of late, sworn off NDAs for its data center projects.