A ranar 23 ga Oktoba, Microsoft ta sanar da cewa za ta zuba jarin dala biliyan 5 a Ostiraliya a cikin shekaru biyu masu zuwa don fadada ayyukanta na tattara bayanai ta hanyar girgije da kuma kayayyakin more rayuwa na fasahar zamani. An ce ita ce babbar jarin da kamfanin ya zuba a kasar cikin shekaru 40. Wannan jarin zai taimaka wa Microsoft wajen kara yawan cibiyoyin bayanai daga 20 zuwa 29, wanda zai shafi birane kamar Canberra, Sydney da Melbourne, wanda ya karu da kashi 45 cikin 100. Microsoft ta ce za ta kara karfin sarrafa bayanai a Ostiraliya da kashi 250 cikin 100, wanda hakan zai bai wa tattalin arzikinta na 13 mafi girma a duniya damar biyan bukatar sarrafa bayanai ta hanyar girgije. Bugu da kari, Microsoft za ta kashe dala 300,000 tare da hadin gwiwar jihar New South Wales don kafa Kwalejin Cibiyar Bayanai ta Microsoft a Ostiraliya don taimakawa 'yan Ostiraliya su sami kwarewar da suke bukata don "nasara a tattalin arzikin dijital". Ta kuma fadada yarjejeniyar raba bayanai ta barazanar yanar gizo tare da Hukumar Kula da Sigina ta Ostiraliya, hukumar tsaron yanar gizo ta Ostiraliya.