In Brief Microsoft bought more than twice as many Nvidia Hopper chips this year than any of its biggest rivals.The tech giant bought 485,000 Nvidia Hopper chips across 2024 according to reporting from the Financial Times, which cited data from tech consultancy Omdia. To compare, Meta bought 224,000 of the same, flagship Nvidia chip this year. Microsoft’s 2024 chip purchase more than tripled the number of Nvidia chips the company bought in 2023. Microsoft is building its own custom AI chips, too, called Mai ...