Microsoft is significantly expanding its data center capacity with a new campus in Pecos, Texas, adding approximately 2 gigawatts of capacity. This expansion, representing the company's largest single investment in data center growth, will involve billions of dollars over the next five to seven years and is expected to create thousands of construction and operational jobs. Separately, OpenAI has made its Codex model more accessible, moving away from its previous exclusive focus on GPT. AI
IMPACT Microsoft's data center expansion will support growing AI workloads, while OpenAI's move increases access to its coding models.
RANK_REASON Significant infrastructure investment by Microsoft and a product accessibility change by OpenAI. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]
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