Microsoft Will Build Up To 100 New Data Centers Each Year Microsoft unveiled its bullish plan this week to build 50 to 100 new data centers across the globe each year for the foreseeable future. By Mark Haranas April 28, 2021, 11:55 AM EDT Microsoft plans to spend billions building a whopping 50 to 100 new data centers annually with expectations to expand its Microsoft Azure data center presence into 10 new countries by the end of this year. The public cloud and software giant unveiled its aggressive data center built-out plan during the launch of Microsoft’s new immersive data center virtual tour experience, which provides a free online tour of a simulated Microsoft data center that details the company’s investments in security, sustainability, reliability and innovation such as its successful undersea data center experiment.