Prezes Microsoftu: „Chcemy, by Europa wiedziała, że może na nas liczyć”

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Prezes Microsoftu: „Chcemy, by Europa wiedziała, że może na nas liczyć”  „Chcemy, żeby Europa wiedziała, że może na nas liczyć” – powiedział Angeli Barnes prezes Microsoftu Brad Smith w najnowszym odcinku The Big Question.  CZYTAJ WIĘCEJ : http://pl.euronews.com/2025/05/12/prezes-microsoftu-chcemy-by-europa-wiedziala-ze-moze-na-nas-liczyc  Zasubskrybuj nasz kanał.Euronews jest dostępny na Dailymotion w 12 językach

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00:00We want to be a bridge across the Atlantic.

00:02They're not built on wheels.

00:04They're not going anywhere.

00:05And we want our European customers to know

00:07that they can count on Microsoft.

00:15Welcome to The Big Question,

00:18a series from Euronews where we speak

00:19to some of the most influential people

00:22in the world of business.

00:24And today we're joined by Brad Smith,

00:27the Vice Chair and President of Microsoft.

00:30Brad, it's an absolute pleasure

00:31to have you with us on the show.

00:33Thank you very much for joining us.

00:35Thank you for having me.

00:36You've recently announced Microsoft's

00:38five digital commitments to Europe.

00:42So first of all, can you just tell us about those?

00:44Our main point is we want Europe to know

00:47and we want our European customers to know

00:49that they can count on us.

00:51They can count on Microsoft.

00:53We want and we even think we need

00:55to be a force for, say, digital stability

00:58in a time of geopolitical volatility.

01:02So for us, it means protecting cybersecurity,

01:05protecting privacy,

01:06ensuring Europe's digital resilience,

01:09continuing to build out our infrastructure,

01:11our data centers across Europe,

01:13and ensuring that they help boost

01:15European competitiveness

01:16across every part of the economy.

01:18Why is Europe so important

01:20to Microsoft's business plan?

01:23I don't think Microsoft would be

01:25the global success it is today

01:27without our long-standing presence in Europe.

01:30My first job at the company was in 1993,

01:33based in Paris,

01:34and the truth is it's more than a quarter

01:37of our global business.

01:39The European countries are so important.

01:41There's so much innovation that happens here.

01:43I just want to pick up

01:51on the AI and cloud ecosystem point

01:54that's in the digital commitments to Europe.

01:56How can the cloud and AI infrastructure

01:58help Europe's economic competitiveness?

02:01Well, when you think about Europe's strength

02:04as an economy,

02:05one of the things that we've always appreciated

02:07is what we think of as great domain expertise.

02:10pharmaceuticals or machine tools

02:13or chemicals or automobiles

02:15or many other things,

02:17European companies are leaders.

02:19But if you look to the future,

02:21it will take more digital technology,

02:23it will take more cloud services,

02:25it will take more AI

02:26to keep all of these industries

02:28at the forefront of global competitiveness.

02:31And that's where our investments across Europe,

02:34we believe, are quite important.

02:36Do you think giant companies

02:37like Microsoft, of course,

02:38have a duty to do something

02:40to help Europe's struggling competitiveness?

02:42I think that's why we're in business.

02:45It is to provide technology

02:46that will make others,

02:48individuals and organizations,

02:51more successful.

02:52And in the world of business,

02:54that means boosting productivity growth,

02:56but it also means driving innovation.

02:58And that's where AI in particular,

03:00I think is, as we like to say,

03:02the next great general purpose technology,

03:04like electricity,

03:06it will reshape every part of the economy.

03:08And that is our responsibility,

03:10I think, to serve as a resource

03:13for every part of Europe.

03:15And that's why we are expanding

03:18our infrastructure across Europe.

03:20Yes, indeed.

03:20And you're planning to expand

03:21European data center capacity

03:23by 40% over the next two years

03:26in 16 countries.

03:27How many jobs can we expect that to create?

03:30As we build these data centers,

03:32and we will have more than 200

03:34in these 16 countries by 2027.

03:38You know, that creates a huge number of jobs

03:40in skilled labor, in construction,

03:43the whole supply chain,

03:44everything that goes into

03:45all of this infrastructure.

03:47But what really matters

03:48is I think more than that,

03:50it's the multiplier effect.

03:52It's what our customers are able to do

03:55with this technology.

03:57This is really designed

03:58to help fuel their growth.

04:00It is, I think, an engine of growth

04:02for what we like to describe

04:04as an AI economy,

04:05the economies of the world

04:07in an AI era.

04:08And Brad,

04:09as you expand in these other areas,

04:12you're also saying

04:13you will uphold Europe's digital resilience

04:15even when there's geopolitical volatility.

04:17Should Europe be relying more

04:19on European homegrown companies

04:21do you think to build its resilience?

04:23Well, I think that Europe will want

04:25a variety of resources

04:27on which to rely.

04:29And European governments

04:30use more taxpayer money

04:32to invest in creating

04:34or subsidizing homegrown alternatives.

04:36That's their decision to make.

04:37We think we have a role to play as well.

04:40And we'll collaborate with governments

04:42regardless of where they invest.

04:44The Draghi report itself

04:46really called out the importance

04:48and the opportunity

04:49of also using this American technology.

04:52And by building it here,

04:54I always like to say

04:55these are huge facilities.

04:57They're not built on wheels.

04:59They're not going anywhere.

05:01They will be regulated by local laws,

05:03local regulations.

05:04We have to constantly earn

05:06the license to grow, if you will.

05:09And we're committed to doing that.

05:11Brad, some fear that the Trump administration

05:15could compel companies like Microsoft

05:17to provide access

05:18to sensitive European data.

05:20And I know you have pledged

05:22to take legal action

05:23if governments try to seize EU data.

05:26Is that going to be a tough one

05:28to balance, though?

05:30I actually don't think it will be.

05:32I know that there is a concern

05:33when I have gone to the White House,

05:35as I have,

05:36and I've shared with them

05:39the fact that this is a concern in Europe.

05:41Every single person I've talked to

05:43has said,

05:44we've never even heard of that idea.

05:46But we understand

05:47that we need to address it.

05:50And we have.

05:51And that's why we've said

05:52we are going to put into our contracts

05:55with European national governments

05:56and with the European Commission

05:58a contractual obligation

06:00so that if we ever received

06:02an order anywhere in the world

06:03that would cause us

06:05or try to force us

06:06to suspend operations,

06:08say, in Europe,

06:08we would go to court to contest it.

06:11I have every confidence

06:13that we would prevail in court.

06:15But we've also said

06:16that if we did not,

06:18we'll have a backup group

06:20of suppliers,

06:22partners here in Europe.

06:23We'll have our code,

06:24our software code

06:25and our source code

06:26stored in a secure repository

06:28in Switzerland.

06:29Basically,

06:30we want to allay people's concerns.

06:33I think we have a solution

06:34that does that.

06:34The EU says

06:36that targeting

06:37American tech companies

06:38is one of the cards

06:40that it could play

06:41in retaliation

06:41to Donald Trump's tariffs.

06:43How would you respond to that?

06:45Well,

06:46we want to be a bridge

06:47across the Atlantic.

06:49I think business

06:50can and should be a bridge

06:53across the Atlantic.

06:55But at the end of the day,

06:56governments need

06:56to make their own decisions.

06:57And that will be true

06:59in Europe

06:59as well as the United States.

07:01We will take whatever comes

07:02and we'll help

07:03our customers adapt

07:04and will adapt.

07:06But mostly,

07:07I want us to be

07:09a voice of reason,

07:11a voice that encourages

07:12the ties across the Atlantic

07:15that have been indispensable

07:17for eight decades now,

07:19since the end

07:20of the Second World War,

07:22to prevail,

07:23to use this

07:24as an opportunity

07:25for all of us

07:26in a way to step back

07:27and then recommit.

07:29Let's address the issues

07:30that bother people

07:31on either side

07:33of the Atlantic.

07:34But let's not forget

07:35how important

07:36these ties are,

07:37including for business.

07:39Indeed.

07:40Well, Brad Smith,

07:40thank you ever so much

07:42for sharing your insights

07:43with us.

07:43It's been an absolute pleasure

07:44to have you on

07:45The Big Question.

07:46Well, thank you.

07:47It is a big question.

07:47It really is.

07:49Thank you very much.

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