Investors sour on Big Tech's $740 billion AI infrastructure spend
Alphabet, Amazon and Meta reported negative free cash flow as chip stocks and the Nasdaq sold off Friday.
Alphabet, Amazon and Meta reported negative free cash flow as chip stocks and the Nasdaq sold off Friday.
The prototype carries one TPU, generates up to 1 kW, and can power the chip for about twenty minutes.
Alphabet's Q3 EPS of $2.12 missed a $3.02 consensus, and shares fell almost 12 percent after the report.
The total is 48% above a year earlier and about $850 million over the $32.3 billion analysts expected.
Alphabet reported $127.6 billion in quarterly revenue, while Search ad growth slowed to 12% from 17%.
The New York Times puts the price at $7.5 billion, nearly six times a Series B valuation of about $1.3 billion.
Major banks are trying to shed AI data-center loans, including $38 billion tied to Oracle sites.
AI data-center memory demand is pricing out sub-$150 smartphones and widening the global digital divide.
The FTC opened an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI firms over product risks.
Google released Gemini 4 Argon, a cyber-focused model it calls its most powerful yet.
Google Cloud and Accenture formed a joint unit, training up to 1,000 forward-deployed engineers to drive enterprise adoption of Gemini Enterprise.
An essay argues AI capex ($1.0–1.3T in 2026) now rivals global human-benefit spending and predicts shortages spreading from DRAM/HBM to cars and appliances.
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