Azure grew 48% in fiscal Q1 2027 as capex doubled to $39 billion
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The growth is real but so is the bill: capital spending on property and equipment hit $39.4 billion in the quarter, more than double a year ago. Azure revenue grew 48%, beating expectations on both earnings and revenue.
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Microsoft opened fiscal 2027 with revenue of $92.28 billion, beating expectations on both revenue and adjusted EPS.
Azure grew 48% in the quarter, evidence that enterprise AI infrastructure demand is converting into recurring cloud spend rather than one-off projects.
Capital spending on property and equipment hit $39.37 billion in the quarter, more than double a year ago. Investors face a straightforward question about the return timeline on that spending.
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One answer the filing offers is the commercial remaining performance obligation figure, which rose 73% to $677 billion. That number represents contracted future revenue already on the books, suggesting the infrastructure being built today has a substantial and growing customer base locked in behind it.
The Devices and Consumer segment moved the other way, with revenue declining 3% as the legacy PC business keeps shrinking. CFO Amy Hood called the quarter a strong start to fiscal 2027 and said guidance would come on the earnings call.
Microsoft returned $10.2 billion to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases in the quarter, maintaining capital returns even as the company funds one of the largest infrastructure buildouts in its history.
Mentioned: MSFT