AWS, Microsoft Slow Down Data Center Deployments

Highlights AWS and Microsoft are pausing or slowing down the signing of leases for data centers, according to a Wells Fargo research note shared with PYMNTS. Microsoft said it remains on track to spend its 2025 budget of $80 billion or more for data centers but admitted to "slowing or pausing" early-stage projects based on "demand signals." AWS said changes it made to its data center plans are part of "routine capacity management." AWS and Microsoft are pausing or slowing down the development of data center ...