TD Cowen noticed Microsoft doing something strange on Friday. The Open AI partner and tech giant appeared to be cancelling data center leases. According to the market analysts, this is part of a wider pattern. TD Cowen said Microsoft had an “oversupply” problem. It’s another datapoint that points to Big Tech’s nervousness around its big bet on AI.

Microsoft is canceling leases for data centers in the US, indicating AI overcapacity. This move follows rivals and reaffirms $80B spending on AI centers.

Skepticism has been growing among investors over the billions of dollars U.S. tech firms have been channeling into AI infrastructure due to slow payoffs and breakthroughs at Chinese startup DeepSeek,