1.) MSP Question of the week:  What are your channel predictions for the new year of 2025?

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2.) Notes on the News

1. Microsoft is planning to invest about $80 billion in fiscal 2025 on developing data centers: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/03/tech/microsoft-ai-data-centers/index.html
2. Last week, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the law, clearing the way for it to take effect on January 19. Days later, TikTok asked the court to issue a temporary pause on the ban while the company asks the Supreme Court to review its challenge to the law:  https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/13/tech/tiktok-ban-appeals-court-supreme-court/index.html

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