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Microsoft is undergoing significant workforce reductions, having announced cuts of approximately 4,800 employees in one round and over 15,000 total layoffs in recent years, primarily to fund investments in artificial intelligence. The company is expanding its data center infrastructure through a 20-year electricity supply agreement with Chevron for a Texas facility powered by the Permian Basin gas field. Microsoft continues to invest in AI ecosystems and quantum computing, aiming to deliver a commercial quantum computer by 2029.

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