In August’s edition of The Monthly Tech-In, we spotlight nonprofits navigating today’s toughest challenges with the help of Microsoft tools and AI - from the YMCA’s rapid launch of new child care centers to Toastmasters International embracing AI as a supportive partner. We also share how thoughtful design is making digital experiences safer and how AI is helping scientists reach discoveries faster than ever. Because when resources are limited, innovation helps do more with less.
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Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman is an Influencer Co-Founder, LinkedIn, Manas AI & Inflection AI. Founding Team, PayPal. Author of Superagency. Podcaster of Possible and Masters of Scale.
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Tim Bakke
Content Strategy Lead, AI Business Solutions at Microsoft
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Gabriel Coelho-Kostolny
Threat Intelligence Product Lead for Sentinel platform @ Microsoft | Security, Threat Intelligence, AI
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Leigh Huang
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The next chapter of American innovation is unfolding in Wisconsin—a region shaped by generations of hard work and ingenuity. The world’s most powerful AI datacenter, powered by hundreds of thousands of the world’s most advanced GPUs, will be fully operational in early 2026, fulfilling our initial $3.3 billion pledge and creating new jobs in the region. Today, Microsoft's doubling down with an additional $4 billion investment to build a second facility of similar scale. This brings our total commitment in the state to more than $7 billion, fueling technology, opportunity, and growth for the future. Read more about the world's most powerful datacenter: https://lnkd.in/epeUZWpT
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If intelligence is the log of compute… it starts with a lot of compute! And that’s why we’re scaling our GPU fleet faster than anyone else. Just last year, we added over 2 gigawatts of new capacity – roughly the output of 2 nuclear power plants. And today we’re going further, announcing the world's most powerful AI datacenter, located in southeastern Wisconsin. Fairwater is a seamless cluster of hundreds of thousands of NVIDIA GB200s, connected by enough fiber to circle the Earth 4.5 times. It will deliver 10x the performance of the world’s fastest supercomputer today, enabling AI training and inference workloads at a level never before seen. For AI training workloads, you need compute at exponential scale. That’s why we designed the datacenter, GPU fleet, and network together as one integrated system. This ensures a single job can run from day 1 at exponential scale across thousands of GPUs. Fairwater uses a liquid-cooled closed-loop system for cooling GPUs that requires zero water for operations after construction. And we’re matching all of the energy that is consumed with renewable sources. And of course, it is just one of several similar sites we’re lighting up across our 70+ regions. We have multiple identical Fairwater datacenters under construction in other locations across the US, in addition to our AI infrastructure already deployed in over 100 datacenters around the world, powering model training, test-time compute, RL tuning, and real-time inference at global scale. Too often during times like this, people go with the current and only later wonder, how did we get here? With Fairwater, we're charting a new path: doing the hard engineering work, bringing compute, network, and storage into one highly scaled cluster, and designing closed-loop energy systems to meet real-world computing needs. And partnering with local communities to ensure it's thoughtfully done in a way that is sustainable, creates new jobs, and expands opportunity. We are thrilled to see this take hold in Wisconsin, and we are just getting started. Learn more about Fairwater here: https://lnkd.in/gpdni9gt
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We’re committed to creating new opportunity for people and businesses on both sides of the Atlantic, and ensuring America remains a trusted and reliable tech partner for the United Kingdom. That’s why today we announced a $30 billion investment in the UK over four years, including building the country's largest supercomputer with over 23,000 of the world’s most advanced GPUs, to expand the digital infrastructure that will bring our two nations even closer together. Read more about the investment we're making in the UK: https://lnkd.in/gkTRH_M9
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What I appreciate most about season 2 of The Reheat is how Keith Lee puts a spotlight on the real people behind Chicago’s restaurant scene—the ones balancing the grind of running a business with everything else life throws at them. Episode 3 takes us to Tacotlán, a family-owned taquería on the West Side serving up viral quesabirrias and community-first values. It’s the kind of place that feels like home to me, not just because of my time in Chicago, but because stories like this echo the roots of my own family. For entrepreneurs like Alex Macias and her family, success isn’t just about growth. It’s about holding onto what matters. That’s where Microsoft Copilot makes a difference: helping streamline the work, giving Alex space to be present with her family and create work-life balance. Love what this series is bringing forward.
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So cool to see food influencer Keith Lee using Copilot to help small businesses. Watch him (and our tech!) make a real difference for Chicago restaurateurs like Chef Harper.
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Twenty-five years ago, Ralph Lauren partnered with Microsoft to pioneer one of fashion’s first e-commerce platforms, setting an industry standard. Today, we’re continuing our legacy of innovation by once again partnering with Microsoft to redefine the shopping experience with the introduction of Ask Ralph. Ask Ralph is a new AI-powered conversational shopping experience available in the Ralph Lauren app that blends advanced AI technology with our timeless brand to put Ralph Lauren’s unique and iconic take on style directly into consumers’ hands. Through conversational prompts like “What should I wear to a concert” or “How should I style my Polo Bear sweater” you can receive styling inspiration and curated, visually laid out, shoppable outfits drawn from real-time inventory across the Polo Ralph Lauren brand. Ask Ralph is the latest milestone in Ralph Lauren’s rich history of innovation and in creating immersive and cinematic retail experiences that transport consumers into the World of Ralph Lauren. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/ejyqjhTH #RalphLauren
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Our Researcher agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot never ceases to amaze me. It can reason over all your work data, like chats, meetings, files and emails, plus web data, to generate a comprehensive research report that helps you prep for a meeting, analyze trends, or build a strategy. I use it all the time. Here’s an example:
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We're partnering with brands like Ralph Lauren to create engaging and immersive shopping experiences with our trusted AI capabilities. Ask Ralph, a new AI-powered conversational styling companion in the Ralph Lauren app, is the latest example of how AI can redefine the retail shopping experience: https://msft.it/6045si3Jz
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