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title: "Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 60,000 Workers to Redirect Spending Toward AI"
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summary: "Microsoft is offering voluntary severance packages to approximately 60,000 eligible workers across the US, Canada, India, and the UK, representing about 27% of its global headcount of 223,000 as of June. The buyouts exclude employees on data center teams and are intended to reduce labor costs to increase spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure."
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# Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 60,000 Workers to Redirect Spending Toward AI

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**Published:** 2026-10-26T15:52:46.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** microsoft, funding

## Summary

Microsoft is offering voluntary severance packages to approximately 60,000 eligible workers across the US, Canada, India, and the UK, representing about 27% of its global headcount of 223,000 as of June\. The buyouts exclude employees on data center teams and are intended to reduce labor costs to increase spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/business/microsoft-offers-buyouts-to-60000-workers-to-redirect-spending-toward-ai-30671325>)
- [Story source](<https://www.theverge.com/tech/1018666/microsoft-expands-buyouts-60000-employees-eligible>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/BusinessInsider/status/2114741617705861372>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/DeItaone/status/2114744629669089534>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/StockSavvyShay/status/2114743836073480620>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/negligible_cap/status/2114742518713921577>)
- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/business/microsoft-offers-buyouts-to-60000-workers-to-redirect-spending-toward-ai-30671325>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/tomwarren/status/2114748983897968801>)