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Microsoft (tech company)
Wēiruǎn
微软
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
in / at
zài
Japan
Rìběn
日本
to invest / investment
tóuzī
投资
$10 billion
100 yì měiyuán
100亿美元
to build / to develop
jiànshè
建设
artificial intelligence
rén'gōng zhìnéng
人工智能
data center
shùjù zhōngxīn
数据中心

Microsoft (tech company)
Wēiruǎn
微软
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
within four years
sì nián nèi
四年内
in / at
zài
Japan
Rìběn
日本
to invest / investment
tóuzī
投资
$10 billion
100 yì měiyuán
100亿美元
to be used for
yòngyú
用于
to build / to develop
jiànshè
建设
artificial intelligence
rén'gōng zhìnéng
人工智能
data center
shùjù zhōngxīn
数据中心

May 15, 2026 at 5:00 AM

Microsoft (tech company)
Wēiruǎn
微软
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
in / at
zài
Japan
Rìběn
日本
to invest / investment
tóuzī
投资
$10 billion
100 yì měiyuán
100亿美元
this
zhège
这个
plan
jìhuà
计划
to last for / over a period of
wéiqī
为期
four years
sì nián
四年
from
cóng
year 2026
2026 nián
2026年
to / until
dào
year 2029
2029 nián
2029年
Microsoft (tech company)
Wēiruǎn
微软
will / can
huì
and / with
SoftBank (Japanese tech company)
Ruǎn Yín
软银
together
yīqǐ
一起
to build / to develop
jiànshè
建设
artificial intelligence
rén'gōng zhìnéng
人工智能
data center
shùjù zhōngxīn
数据中心
data center
shùjù zhōngxīn
数据中心
is / are
shì
to store / to keep
cúnfàng
存放
and
to process / to handle
chǔlǐ
处理
large amount / a lot of
dàliàng
大量
data
shùjù
数据
structural particle
de
place
dìfāng
地方
many / a lot
hěn duō
很多
company
gōngsī
公司
now / currently
xiànzài
现在
all / both
dōu
in / at
zài
Asia
Yàzhōu
亚洲
to build / to develop
jiànshè
建设
new
xīn de
新的
data center
shùjù zhōngxīn
数据中心
Japan
Rìběn
日本
government
zhèngfǔ
政府
very / quite
hěn
happy / pleased
gāoxìng
高兴
Microsoft (tech company)
Wēiruǎn
微软
to come
lái
Japan
Rìběn
日本
to invest / investment
tóuzī
投资

New Words

Weirun
微软
Microsoft
touzi
投资
to invest
shuju zhongxin
数据中心
data center
rengong zhineng
人工智能
artificial intelligence
Ruan Yin
软银
SoftBank
jianshe
建设
to build
jihua
计划
plan
zhengfu
政府
government
Yazhou
亚洲
Asia
Riben
日本
Japan

News in English

Science & Technology

Microsoft Announces $10 Billion Investment in Japan to Build AI Data Centers

Microsoft announced a $10 billion investment in Japan over four years to expand AI data center infrastructure, partnering with SoftBank and Sakura Internet.

Microsoft announces a 10 billion dollar investment in Japan. This plan will span four years, from 2026 to 2029. Microsoft will work together with SoftBank to develop artificial intelligence data centers. Data centers are facilities where large amounts of data are stored and processed. Many companies are now building new data centers in Asia. The Japanese government is very pleased that Microsoft is coming to invest in Japan.

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qǐsù
起诉
OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
to accuse / to charge
zhǐkòng
指控
it / the company (formal)
to steal / to misappropriate
qièqǔ
窃取
hardware
yìngjiàn
硬件
trade secrets / confidential business information
shāngyè jīmì
商业机密

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Tencent (tech company)
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in
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WeChat (messaging app)
Wēixìn
微信
to launch / roll out
tuīchū
推出
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
assistant
zhùshǒu
助手
Xiaowei (AI assistant name)
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小微

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