
Microsoft Corporation ($MSFT) is facing challenges as its shares hit a 52-week low, attributed to concerns over its AI initiatives and data center operations. CFO Amy Hood is set to speak at the Morgan Stanley Conference, where she will address key topics including data center performance, Azure, and capital expenditures (CAPEX). Recent discussions highlighted that while AI infrastructure supply is expected to be in good balance with demand by the end of the current fiscal year, supply constraints remain a concern. Hood noted that Microsoft is focusing on improving execution in non-AI workloads following unexpected weaknesses in the second quarter. Despite these challenges, there were positive remarks regarding Azure AI and Co-pilot's performance, which exceeded expectations in Q2, suggesting that CAPEX may be lower in FY26 due to prior infrastructure investments.
$MSFT CFO: Microsoft is focused on improving execution in non-AI workloads after unexpected Q2 weakness "it's really a focus on making sure that execution on the non-AI ACR improves from what we saw. We clearly didn't expect to see that weakness in Q2. We need to fix it as we…
$MSFT CFO at the $MS TMT conference: AI supply constraints remain "Every bit of the H2 confidence we had on selling all the incremental capacity is still there...we're impacted by still being short supply. We hope to have that imbalance by the end of the fiscal year"
Microsoft CFO says AI infrastructure supply to be "well balanced" with demand by fiscal year-end. $MSFT
