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# Satya Nadella: 'our biggest bet yet on our own silicon' (Maia 300, multi-gigawatt Maia deployments)

Satya Nadella (@satyanadella), X, 2026-10-12. Importance: major (4 of 5).
Source: https://x.com/satyanadella/status/2109631106404487523

## Why it matters

Microsoft's CEO announces Maia 300 and the plan to make the Maia family the primary inference system for Microsoft's own products from next calendar year.

## Summary

First-hand announcement of Maia 300 and of multi-gigawatt Maia deployments starting next calendar year; claims 40% more tokens per watt than leading GPU-based systems.

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## Archived text

> Today we are announcing our biggest bet yet on our own silicon.
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> Starting next calendar year, we will scale our Maia family to multi-gigawatt deployments, making it the primary inference system for our own product and services.
> 
> And we’re introducing Maia 300, which delivers 40% more tokens per watt compared to leading GPU-based systems.
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> We are already deploying Maia 200 across the US, Europe, and Australia, delivering up to 1.7x more tokens per watt across experiences in Teams and Copilot.
> 
> Our goal is to build on the full-stack efficiency gains we’ve already seen, while continuing to bring the latest innovations from across the ecosystem into our fleet.

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## Cited in

- 2026-10-12: [Microsoft announces Maia 300, its third in-house AI chip, and plans multi-gigawatt Maia deployments from 2027](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-12-microsoft-maia-300/)