Microsoft
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Red Cardinal Snapshot
WHAT IT DOES
Microsoft sells software (Windows, Office, enterprise tools), cloud computing (Azure), and AI services — and now operates one of the largest data-center construction programs in history.
HOW IT MAKES MONEY
Mostly subscriptions and cloud consumption: businesses pay monthly for software and pay Azure for computing power by the hour. AI workloads are the growth engine layered on top.
WHY WE TRACK IT
In Red Cardinal's electricity thesis, Microsoft is the signal, not the trade: when a software company buys a nuclear plant's entire output for twenty years (Crane, 835 MW), it is telling you what it believes about the next two decades of compute demand.
THE SIMPLE THESIS
Whoever secures firm power first gets to build AI capacity while rivals wait in line. Microsoft moved first. We track its power deals as the demand-side heartbeat of the entire thesis.
PREMIUM RESEARCH
The rest of the Microsoft dossier
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- Bull case, bear case, and what breaks it
- Systemic importance and cascade effects
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