Microsoft Corp.’s decision to pause work on data centers in Ohio surprised local officials because the company had agreed to develop the sites as recently as two months before — suggesting a sudden ...

Microsoft has delayed construction of data centers in Licking County ... a need to evaluate the sites in line with its investment strategy, but remains committed to funding infrastructure ...

“We will continue to evaluate these sites in line with our investment strategy ... needs or an overabundance of data centers, Noelle Walsh, president, Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation ...

Microsoft said on Wednesday ... have made demonstrates the flexibility of our strategy.” The Trump administration has pushed for more data center development to assist in the acceleration ...

Microsoft has abandoned its $1 billion data center project in Licking County ... to evaluate these sites in line with our investment strategy," a Microsoft spokesperson told The Dispatch.

Microsoft said it is “slowing or pausing” some of its data center construction, including a $1 billion project in Ohio, the latest sign that the demand for artificial intelligence technology ...

DCD has reached out to see if this remains the company's position. Since initial publication, Microsoft Cloud president Noelle Walsh has posted on LinkedIn regarding the company's data center strategy ...