Alphabet's Cash Burn Raises Alarm for Big Tech as AI Spending Climbs
Alphabet fell more than 4% after lifting 2026 capital spending to as much as $205 billion on artificial intelligence demand.
- On Wednesday, Alphabet Class A stock fell 1.46% to $342.09 as the company hiked its 2026 capital expenditure forecast to between $195 billion and $205 billion, up from $190 billion.
- The Google parent company is expanding AI infrastructure with data centers and custom Tensor Processing Units to compete directly with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services in the global AI race.
- CEO Sundar Pichai said AI investments continued to drive growth, noting Gemini Enterprise is now used by nearly 90% of Fortune 100 companies while Google Cloud revenue surged 82% year over year to $24.77 billion.
- Despite strong cloud growth, Alphabet Class A shares fell 3.3% to $330.76 in after-hours trading as investors focused on traditional search advertising revenue falling slightly below expectations.
- Alphabet believes the long-term opportunity in AI will outweigh significant infrastructure costs, with CEO Pichai stating AI now contributes across every major part of the company amid industry-wide billions-dollar commitments from Microsoft and Amazon.
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