Pa Okutobala 23, Microsoft idalengeza kuti idzagulitsa A $ 5 biliyoni ku Australia pazaka ziwiri zikubwerazi kuti ikulitse zida zake zamakompyuta komanso zanzeru zopangira. Akuti kampaniyi ndi ndalama zazikulu kwambiri zomwe kampaniyi idagulitsa mdziko muno m'zaka 40. Ndalamazi zidzathandiza Microsoft kuonjezera malo ake a deta kuchokera ku 20 mpaka 29, kuphimba mizinda monga Canberra, Sydney ndi Melbourne, kuwonjezeka kwa 45 peresenti. Microsoft yati iwonjezera mphamvu zake zamakompyuta ku Australia ndi 250%, zomwe zipangitsa chuma cha 13 padziko lonse lapansi kuti chikwaniritse kufunika kwa cloud computing. Kuonjezera apo, Microsoft idzawononga $ 300,000 mogwirizana ndi dziko la New South Wales kuti akhazikitse Microsoft Data Center Academy ku Australia kuti athandize anthu a ku Australia kupeza luso lomwe akufunikira kuti "apambane mu chuma cha digito". Idakulitsanso mgwirizano wawo wogawana zidziwitso za cyber ndi Australian Signals Directorate, bungwe lachitetezo cha pa intaneti ku Australia.