Microsoft's massive Kenya AI data center would require switching off 'half the country' to meet power requirements, government says — $1 billion project stalls over capacity disagreements and lack of infrastructure
2026-05-12 · r/technology
Microsoft wants to build a $1 billion AI data center in Kenya, but there's a tiny problem — it would need so much power they'd have to shut off half the country. Nothing says 'we're here to help developing nations' like demanding they sacrifice their entire electrical grid so Copilot can autocomplete emails faster.