> About
Major investor in OpenAI, creator of GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot (Bing Chat), Azure AI services. Uses scraped code and web data without consent. Major contributor to AI automation displacing workers.
Website
https://microsoft.comCEO
Satya Nadella
Founded
1975
Valuation
$3T+
> Founders
> Products & Services
> Funding
Total: Publicly traded
Latest Round: IPO: March 1986
Investors:
- Stock ticker: MSFT
> Layoffs
9000 employees
Major layoffs in gaming division, cancellation of projects including Everwild and Perfect Dark
SourceClosed three game studios (Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin, Alpha Dog Games) and merged Roundhouse Studios
Source1900 employees
Layoffs in gaming division following Activision Blizzard acquisition (Xbox, ZeniMax)
Source> Controversies
GitHub users unable to disable AI-driven Copilot features, with concerns about training on user code without consent[1]
Controversy 1 Sources:
GitHub Copilot exposing content from over 20,000 private repositories through Bing caching mechanism[2]
Controversy 2 Sources:
- Copilot exposes private GitHub pages(2025-02)
New York Times lawsuit alleging AI models trained using newspaper content without permission, threatening business model[3]
Controversy 3 Sources:
> Direct Action
Tech worker organizing resources and AI committee addressing worker concerns about AI development
Take Action →Blizzard narrative team and other workers unionizing in response to mass layoffs attributed to AI focus
Take Action →> Union & Labor
Employee Count
221,000 employees
Union Status
Organizing Efforts
Blizzard narrative team votes to unionize in response to AI-related layoffs
Union: Communications Workers of America (CWA)
Call of Duty workers unionize at Activision Blizzard (Microsoft subsidiary)
Union: Communications Workers of America (CWA)
Labor Violations
Mass layoffs of 9,000 employees, many attributed to AI focus
completed> Office Locations
> Data Centers
> Microsoft Fairwater Atlanta
Microsoft AI WAN #confident
Location
1435 Hwy 54 W, Fayetteville, GA 30214
33°26'55"N, 84°31'20"W
H100 Equiv
531.2K
Power
615 MW
Cost
$16.84B
Users
Energy
Data Center Sources Sources:
> Microsoft Fairwater Wisconsin
Microsoft AI WAN #confident
Location
4800 90th St, Mount Pleasant, WI 53403
42°40'28"N, 87°53'42"W
Energy
Data Center Sources Sources:
> Microsoft Fairwater Wisconsin
Microsoft AI WAN #confident
Location
4800 90th St, Mount Pleasant, WI 53403
42°40'28"N, 87°53'42"W
Energy
Data Center Sources Sources:
> Coreweave Helios
Location
984 County Road 112, Afton, TX 79920
33°46'27"N, 100°52'08"W
Owner
CoreweaveConstruction
Data Center Sources Sources:
> Social Media
Twitter/X
@MicrosoftLinkedIn
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@microsoftYouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@MicrosoftTikTok
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