Microsoft plans to invest almost €3.3 billion ($3.5 billion) in Germany over the next two years to massively expand its data centre capacities for artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing applications, Microsoft executive Brad Smith announced. The largest single investment in Microsoft’s 40-year history in Germany also includes an AI training programme that aims to reach up to 1.2 million people, Smith said during talks with Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Thursday. The funds will primarily be channelled into the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where Microsoft plans…