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60,000 Microsoft employees offered voluntary buyouts as AI buildout costs bite

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Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60,000 members of its workforce as it looks to balance the books amid a ramp-up in AI data center spending.

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  1. 2026-10-27 10:30 · Tom's Hardware
    60,000 Microsoft employees offered voluntary buyouts as AI buildout costs bite

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