Microsoft is set to soar past $4 trillion in market valuation for the first time on Thursday, as a burst of investor confidence in its booming Azure cloud division helps the tech behemoth become the second company after Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) to surpass the milestone.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man looks at his phone in front of the Microsoft logo during the 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, March 3, 2025. REUTERS/Albert Gea/ File Photo

The software company forecast a record $30 billion in capital spending for the current fiscal first quarter and reported booming sales in its Azure cloud computing business on Wednesday.

Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) were up 8.6% at $557.34 in early premarket trading, valuing it at $4.14 trillion.

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