- Microsoft has announced an investment of $ 700 million.
- The funds will focus on AI capacities and cyber security
- This is the second phase of the company’s expense
Microsoft has announced its second major investment in Polish digital infrastructure, with the company promising to use PLN 2.8 billion ($ 700 million) in June 2026 with the aim of expanding the nation’s ‘hyperscale cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure’.
Part of the investment will be in collaboration with the Polish national defense agency to improve the national cybersecurity frames. Poland is currently ranking 3rd in Europe and 9. In the world in its vulnerability to attacks by foreign supported threat actors, according to Microsoft’s digital defense report.
That’s not all, as Microsoft confirms that there will be a ‘last phase’ after this is completed – although it is not yet clear what it will be.
Expansion of the digital sector
Investments are also made in the Polish Language Model, Bielik, which emphasizes a ‘trust in trust in Poland’s leadership and economy’, Confirmed Brad Smith, Vice President and President of Microsoft.
In 2020, Microsoft launched the first cloud computing region in Poland, built three independent data centers and invested $ 1 billion in the project.
Between 2020 and 2023, Microsoft also trained 430,000 Polish citizens in digital skills and has committed to educating 1 million Polish teachers, information workers, software developers with ‘skills and capabilities to help accelerate Polish digital transformation across different sectors’.
“This is an investment that will give Poles, especially the younger generation, with access to the most modern tools and opportunities offered by the best in the world,” said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
“Microsoft will also carry out AI training in Poland. Tools, money and investment are important, as are collaboration with our people and businesses, but we will also achieve the desired effects by taking advantage of training opportunities. “
Microsoft is not only in its investments in the country, which by 2025 spent Google $ 2 billion on a new data center in Poland to develop cloud computing and AI infrastructure.
