Microsoft unveils Maia 300, eyes deployment of more than 1 million chips - Reuters
Stockwhiz•12/10/2026•09:07 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤Microsoft targets multi-gigawatt Maia 300 deployments starting next year
- ➤Maia 300 could exceed one million processors for Microsoft’s internal AI services
- ➤Maia 300 delivers about 40% more useful computing per megawatt than leading GPU-based systems
- ➤Microsoft expects more than $175 billion in capital expenditures this calendar year
- ➤Maia 300 racks contain 96 chips and consume about 167 kilowatts
Expert Statements
Rani Borkar, President of Azure hardware systems and infrastructure at Microsoft
“It's basically delivering more intelligence for every watt, every dollar, and every byte of memory by optimizing across the entire system”
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) said it could deploy more than a million Maia 300 processors next year as it seeks higher computing efficiency for its internal artificial intelligence services.
The Maia 300, announced Monday, is the third generation of Microsoft’s custom processors for artificial intelligence workloads. The chip is designed to handle data-intensive tasks including coding and complex business work carried out on a user’s behalf.
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