Microsoft unveils Maia 300 and Microsoft stock trades at EUR 486.55

Published on 10/14/2026 at 12:30 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Maia 300 targets 40.00 percent more tokens per megawatt in 2027. Microsoft stock costs EUR 486.55 on October 14, 2026.

AI infrastructure and earnings

Maia 300 is designed to deliver 40.00 percent more tokens per megawatt from 2027.
Microsoft reported USD 4.74 earnings per share against USD 4.24 expected for its latest quarter.
Microsoft stock trades at EUR 486.55 at 12:26 p.m. CEST at Lang & Schwarz on October 14, 2026.
Market capitalization stood at USD 4.0 trillion on October 14, 2026.

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Microsoft announced Maia 300 on October 12, 2026, while Microsoft stock was trading at EUR 486.55 at Lang & Schwarz on October 14, 2026 at 12:26 p.m. CEST. According to Microsoft, the new accelerator is designed for production deployments beginning in 2027.

What does Maia 300 change?

Microsoft expects Maia 300 to deliver 40.00 percent more tokens per megawatt than leading GPU-based systems. In a full configuration with 96 accelerators, the system is designed to deliver up to 7 times the rack-scale token throughput of Maia 200, according to Microsoft.

The company plans to scale the Azure Maia family to multi-gigawatt deployments starting in 2027. Maia 200 is already serving production workloads including Microsoft Copilot, while GitHub Copilot and Microsoft Foundry are planned to follow by the end of 2026.

Three milestones lead to Maia 300

On July 29, 2026, Microsoft reported quarterly revenue of USD 90.01 billion and earnings per share of USD 4.74 against a USD 87.62 billion revenue consensus and USD 4.24 earnings-per-share consensus, according to MarketBeat. Revenue increased 17.70 percent from the comparable period.

On October 5, 2026, Melius Research upgraded Microsoft from Hold to Buy and set a USD 665.00 price target, as reported by Yahoo Finance. The analyst action followed a strong run in Microsoft shares and put the companys AI infrastructure strategy at the center of the investment debate.

On October 12, 2026, Microsoft presented Maia 300 and said production deployments would begin in 2027. The chronology matters because the company is linking new silicon efficiency with Azure scale rather than presenting the chip as a standalone hardware product.

Microsoft stock and valuation

Microsoft stock was trading at EUR 486.55 at Lang & Schwarz on October 14, 2026 at 12:26 p.m. CEST. The US listing was identified as NASDAQ under ticker MSFT, while the 52-week range was USD 349.20 to USD 553.72 and market capitalization stood at USD 4.0 trillion on October 14, 2026.

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