Ngomhla zingama-23 kuMfumfu, iMicrosoft yamemezela ukuthi izotshala imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezinhlanu zamaRandi e-Australia eminyakeni emibili ezayo ukuze yandise ingqalasizinda yayo yekhompyutha yamafu kanye nezobuhlakani bokwenziwa. Kuthiwa yiyona nkampani etshale imali enkulu kuleli eminyakeni engu-40. Ukutshalwa kwezimali kuzosiza i-Microsoft ikhulise izikhungo zayo zedatha kusukela ku-20 kuya ku-29, okuhlanganisa amadolobha afana neCanberra, iSydney neMelbourne, ukukhuphuka ngamaphesenti angu-45. IMicrosoft ithi izonyusa amandla ayo okwenza ikhompuyutha e-Australia ngo-250%, inikeze amandla umnotho we-13 ngobukhulu emhlabeni ukuhlangabezana nesidingo se-cloud computing. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iMicrosoft izosebenzisa u-$300,000 ngokubambisana nesifundazwe saseNew South Wales ukusungula iMicrosoft Data Center Academy e-Australia ukuze isize abantu base-Australia bathole amakhono abawadingayo ukuze “baphumelele emnothweni wedijithali”. Iphinde yandisa isivumelwano sayo sokwabelana ngolwazi lobungozi be-inthanethi ne-Australian Signals Directorate, i-ejensi yezokuphepha ku-inthanethi yase-Australia.