North America / company / reviewed 2026-09-27
Microsoft
Company statements and a continuing BDS campaign.
On 25 September 2025, Microsoft stated that it disabled specified cloud and AI services to a unit of Israel’s Ministry of Defense after reviewing surveillance allegations. It said cybersecurity work for Israel continued. BDS calls for pressure on the company.
Follow a relationship.
Direction records the stated relationship. A path through this web does not establish intent, causation or control beyond its individual records.
Proposed sector coverage
Microsoft → AI companies & data-center operators
This AI/cloud business is included in the proposed scope of a mandatory levy. This is a policy design connection, not an existing assessment or payment.
Date not isolated · funds
Partnership participant
Microsoft → AI Infrastructure Partnership
Named in the 17 September 2024 launch announcement. No partner-specific financial contribution is disclosed in this record.
2024-09-17 · partners with
Announced equity investment
Announced minority equity investment; not a UAE government budget, grant, or military contract. Later country-wide Microsoft investment totals may already include this amount.
2024-04-15 · investment announcement
Announced investment
Company announcement for infrastructure expansion in France. It is not a French government payment to Microsoft, and the announcement does not verify final disbursement.
2024-05-13 · investment announcement
Announced investment
Announced corporate investment in Germany’s cloud and AI capacity. Keep the two-year investment horizon distinct from training targets and national military expenditure.
2024-02-15 · investment announcement
Announced investment
Historical corporate plan, stated in its original GBP denomination. This record does not establish total expenditure by 2026 or convert the amount to a current exchange rate.
2023-11-30 · investment announcement
Announced investment
Historical corporate investment announcement, alongside a cyber-security partnership. The full sum is not a payment for surveillance or military services. A separate 2026 expansion exists; this is the original dated record.
2023-10-24 · investment announcement
Announced investment
Announced multi-year program spanning infrastructure and other commitments; not a completed spend or a Japanese government grant. It builds on an earlier 2024 announcement, which is not separately summed here.
2026-04-03 · investment announcement
Disclosed research-institution donor
Microsoft → Center for a New American Security
Microsoft appears in CNAS’s donor disclosure. General support does not establish control of research or a data-center project.
Date not isolated · institutional donation
Disclosed unrestricted donor
Microsoft → Brookings Institution
Microsoft is disclosed as a general donor, not as commissioning this article or controlling a facility.
2026-02-05 · unrestricted donation
Listed financial supporter
Microsoft → Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
The disclosure lists Microsoft above the reporting threshold; exact amount, year dates and project allocation are unspecified.
Date not isolated · institutional donation
Consumer boycott where feasible
BDS consumer priorities → Microsoft
The guide places Microsoft among consumer priorities; the dedicated campaign qualifies consumer boycotts by feasibility and also calls for institutional divestment and contract exclusion. Snapshot checked 28 September 2026.
Date not isolated · bds consumer boycott priority
Institutional divestment / exclusion target
BDS institutional divestment → Microsoft
Listed under technology. BNC calls for institutional pressure, divestment and procurement exclusion where applicable. Snapshot checked 2026-09-28. This connection records the campaign position.
Date not isolated · bds institutional divestment priority
US defense and intelligence cloud partnership
Microsoft → Palantir Technologies
The companies announced Palantir platform deployment in Azure Government and classified clouds on 8 August 2024, with some availability subject to authorization and accreditation. This source does not establish Israeli customer hosting or deployments.
2024-08-08 · announced cloud partnership
BNC reports a technology partnership
BNC’s Microsoft campaign identifies a direct Mekorot partnership. The underlying corporate report linked by BNC was not independently inspected in this edition; no contract value or operational effect is inferred.
Date not isolated · reported technology partnership
Consumer pressure and institutional divestment
BDS pressure campaigns → Microsoft
BNC’s dedicated Microsoft campaign calls for feasible consumer boycotts, institutional divestment and contract exclusion.
Date not isolated · bds pressure campaign
Read the ledger.
USD 1.5 billion
Microsoft minority investment in G42
Announced minority equity investment; not a UAE government budget, grant, or military contract. Later country-wide Microsoft investment totals may already include this amount.
2024-04-15 · Announcement in April 2024 · documented
Inspect this record and its sources ↗USD 30 billion equity target
AI Infrastructure Partnership: collective equity target
Collective equity fundraising target, not investment already made. The same announcement’s up to USD 100 billion including debt contains this equity target; do not add the two. No partner allocation is supplied.
2024-09-17 · Capital sought over time · documented
Inspect this record and its sources ↗EUR 4 billion
Microsoft cloud and AI infrastructure in France
Company announcement for infrastructure expansion in France. It is not a French government payment to Microsoft, and the announcement does not verify final disbursement.
2024-05-13 · Announced in 2024; infrastructure and accompanying programs have different milestones · documented
Inspect this record and its sources ↗EUR 3.2 billion
Microsoft cloud and AI infrastructure in Germany
Announced corporate investment in Germany’s cloud and AI capacity. Keep the two-year investment horizon distinct from training targets and national military expenditure.
2024-02-15 · Two years from the announcement · documented
Inspect this record and its sources ↗GBP 2.5 billion
Microsoft AI data-center investment in the UK
Historical corporate plan, stated in its original GBP denomination. This record does not establish total expenditure by 2026 or convert the amount to a current exchange rate.
2023-11-30 · Three years from the announcement · documented
Inspect this record and its sources ↗AUD 5 billion
Microsoft cloud and AI infrastructure in Australia
Historical corporate investment announcement, alongside a cyber-security partnership. The full sum is not a payment for surveillance or military services. A separate 2026 expansion exists; this is the original dated record.
2023-10-24 · Two years from the announcement · documented
Inspect this record and its sources ↗USD 10 billion
Microsoft infrastructure, cybersecurity and workforce plan in Japan
Announced multi-year program spanning infrastructure and other commitments; not a completed spend or a Japanese government grant. It builds on an earlier 2024 announcement, which is not separately summed here.
2026-04-03 · 2026–2029 · documented
Inspect this record and its sources ↗USD 50,000–99,999 disclosed band
Microsoft contribution disclosed by CNAS
Disclosed band only; no exact payment or project allocation is inferred. CNAS states its research is editorially independent.
Date not isolated · 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30 · documented
Inspect this record and its sources ↗More than USD 10,000; exact amount undisclosed
Microsoft: ITIF supporter disclosure
The live supporter list states a reporting threshold. Neither a specific gift nor funding of the energy report is identified. Retrieved 2026-09-28.
Date not isolated · Past fiscal year in webpage; exact year dates not specified · documented
Inspect this record and its sources ↗Sources in this record.
- Partial service suspension following its reviewMicrosoft / 25 September 2025 · Publication date not isolated · source access 2026-09-27
Imported from the checked September 2026 guide; retain historical scope and publication dates.
- Calls for boycott, contract pressure and divestmentBDS Movement / Microsoft campaign · Publication date not isolated · source access 2026-09-27
Imported from the checked September 2026 guide; retain historical scope and publication dates.
- Microsoft announces minority investment in G42Microsoft · 2024-04-15 · source access 2026-09-28
Dated corporate announcement; the underlying transaction and government assurances have distinct scopes.
- BlackRock, GIP, Microsoft and MGX launch AI infrastructure partnershipMGX · 2024-09-17 · source access 2026-09-28
USD 30 billion equity fundraising goal and up to USD 100 billion investment potential including debt; the latter contains the former. Neither is booked expenditure or MGX’s own contribution.
- Microsoft cloud and AI infrastructure in FranceMicrosoft · 2024-05-13 · source access 2026-09-28
Company announcement for infrastructure expansion in France. It is not a French government payment to Microsoft, and the announcement does not verify final disbursement.
- Microsoft cloud and AI infrastructure in GermanyMicrosoft · 2024-02-15 · source access 2026-09-28
Announced corporate investment in Germany’s cloud and AI capacity. Keep the two-year investment horizon distinct from training targets and national military expenditure.
- Microsoft AI data-center investment in the UKMicrosoft · 2023-11-30 · source access 2026-09-28
Historical corporate plan, stated in its original GBP denomination. This record does not establish total expenditure by 2026 or convert the amount to a current exchange rate.
- Microsoft cloud and AI infrastructure in AustraliaMicrosoft · 2023-10-24 · source access 2026-09-28
Historical corporate investment announcement, alongside a cyber-security partnership. The full sum is not a payment for surveillance or military services. A separate 2026 expansion exists; this is the original dated record.
- Microsoft infrastructure, cybersecurity and workforce plan in JapanMicrosoft · 2026-04-03 · source access 2026-09-28
Announced multi-year program spanning infrastructure and other commitments; not a completed spend or a Japanese government grant. It builds on an earlier 2024 announcement, which is not separately summed here.
- CNAS supporters, October 2024–September 2025CNAS · Publication date not isolated · source access 2026-09-28
Disclosed contribution bands; donors are not identified as commissioning the particular report linked elsewhere. CNAS states editorial independence.
- Turning the data center boom into long-term, local prosperityBrookings · 2026-02-05 · source access 2026-09-28
Article contains an explicit general, unrestricted donor disclosure and states that the authors’ conclusions are not influenced by donations.
- ITIF supporters disclosureITIF · Publication date not isolated · source access 2026-09-28
Page lists supporters above USD 10,000 in the past fiscal year without specifying the list’s exact fiscal-year dates. No gift amount is inferred.
- BNC live guide to consumer boycotts and pressure campaignsPalestinian BDS National Committee · Publication date not isolated · source access 2026-09-28
Live page checked 28 September 2026. The original publication label is 6-12-2024, but the body includes later updates; that label is not used as the effective date of every target. A listed campaign position is documented; the allegations motivating it require their own evidence.
- BNC institutional divestment and procurement-exclusion prioritiesPalestinian BDS National Committee · Publication date not isolated · source access 2026-09-28
Live named lists in sections IV–V checked 28 September 2026. The BNC itself calls this list dynamic and non-exhaustive. Membership establishes the BNC position, not a company-specific payment, contract, legal judgment, or exhaustive ownership chain.
- BNC Microsoft boycott, contract-exclusion and divestment campaignPalestinian BDS National Committee · Publication date not isolated · source access 2026-09-28
The consumer request is conditional on feasibility; it is not an instruction that every person must immediately stop every Microsoft service. Corporate allegations are attributed to BNC.
- Microsoft and Palantir announce US defense and intelligence cloud collaborationMicrosoft · 2024-08-08 · source access 2026-09-28
Announcement explicitly concerns US Defense and Intelligence workloads and makes some service availability conditional on authorization and accreditation. It does not establish where any Israeli customer workload is hosted.