Big Tech is spending $725 billion on AI this year. Who actually pays for it?
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There is a number going around tech right now that I genuinely cannot fit in my head. Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Meta plan to spend somewhere around $725 billion on capital expenditure in 2026. Most of that is data centers, chips, and the power to run them. That figure is up roughly 77 percent from about $410 billion the year before, based on earnings figures compiled by the Financial Times. Read that again. It is not a plan for the decade. It is one year. I want to walk through where this…
1Key Takeaways
- There is a number going around tech right now that I genuinely cannot fit in my head.
- Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Meta plan to spend somewhere around $725 billion on capital expenditure in 2026.
- Most of that is data centers, chips, and the power to run them.
- That figure is up roughly 77 percent from about $410 billion the year before, based on earnings figures compiled by the Financial Times.
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3Why it matters
Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — ML reports that there is a number going around tech right now that I genuinely cannot fit in my head.
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