Microsoft bought nearly 500,000 Nvidia Hopper chips this year

Group 1 - Microsoft purchased 485,000 Nvidia Hopper chips in 2024, more than double the amount bought by its closest competitor, Meta, which acquired 224,000 chips [1] - The number of Nvidia chips purchased by Microsoft in 2024 more than tripled compared to its purchases in 2023 [1] Group 2 - Microsoft is developing its own custom AI chips named Maia, announced at the Ignite conference in late 2023 [2] - The company has strengthened its partnership with OpenAI, participating in a significant $6.6 billion funding round in October [2] - Microsoft signed a deal to reopen the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in September, securing a 20-year agreement to purchase all generated power for its data centers [2]