Microsoft shares experienced a significant surge on Thursday. The company anticipates continued cash generation through its new fiscal year. Cloud growth is projected to exceed Wall Street's expectations. This performance suggests substantial progress from its AI investments. Investors are now seeing returns from its extensive infrastructure spending.

Microsoft’s Azure grew 43% and passed $100bn for the year, its backlog hit $678bn, and the stock rose 2%. But AI capital spending keeps climbing.

Microsoft shares surged over 3% after the company reported $90 billion in quarterly revenue and Azure growth of 43%, beating market expectations.