Microsoft offered Wall Street its clearest signal yet that its massive capital commitments to artificial intelligence are yielding tangible, diversified revenue streams. The performance sparked a historic rally in the software giant’s equity, driving its sharpest single-day gain in nearly 18 years.

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.

July 29 : Microsoft on Wednesday said it expects to keep generating cash through its just-started fiscal 2027 and gave a capital expenditure forecast below Wall Street estimates…