The tech giant’s latest overseas investment underscores its growing reliance on foreign labor and markets while shedding thousands of American jobs.
By yourNEWS Media Newsroom
Microsoft has announced a $17.5 billion investment in India’s data center industry over the next four years, according to Nikkei Asia. The company joins Google and Amazon in capitalizing on India’s expanding demand for cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
CEO Satya Nadella met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on December 9 to outline plans aimed at strengthening India’s digital economy. The funding will expand Microsoft’s existing presence in the country, where it already employs a large workforce and operates multiple offices.
While Microsoft’s investment is expected to create new jobs in India, the move comes as the company faces criticism in the United States for mass layoffs and expanded use of H-1B visa workers. Breitbart News reported in July that Microsoft is cutting 9,000 American jobs while applying for roughly 6,000 H-1B visas, primarily for workers from India. Data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shows 4,712 applications filed for the 2025 fiscal year, though industry estimates suggest the total could be higher.
The company’s foreign ties have also drawn national security concerns. A Horizon Advisory report, Microsoft in China: An Enduring Risk Profile and the National Security Implications, describes a decades-long relationship between Microsoft and the Chinese Communist Party’s security apparatus. The report warns that Microsoft’s embedded role in U.S. government networks—spanning Pentagon cloud systems to federal email—presents potential risks tied to its offshore operations.
Earlier this year, ProPublica revealed that China-based Microsoft employees had assisted with maintenance for U.S. defense cloud systems, prompting Pentagon criticism. Microsoft said the overseas support was limited to after-hours troubleshooting and that no customer data was accessed.
The combination of large-scale U.S. layoffs, expanded foreign hiring, and deepening global partnerships has intensified questions over Microsoft’s long-term commitments to American workers and national security interests.
Read the full report from Nikkei Asia here.
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