Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon invest nearly $2.4 trillion in AI infrastructure development

The world's four largest technology companies have committed to investing nearly $2.4 trillion in the development of artificial intelligence infrastructure, signaling an unprecedented scale in the AI race. This was reported by Bloomberg, writes UNN.

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These are Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon, which have sharply increased spending on building data centers, leasing, energy supply, and equipment procurement. Part of these commitments will be fulfilled over the next decades.

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The largest volume of future spending was declared by Google's parent company, Alphabet. It reported commitments of $902 billion, more than nine times the figure from last year. Meta, in turn, announced nearly $700 billion in future spending, with approximately half of that amount allocated to long-term leases of data centers for up to 30 years.

Companies continue to ramp up spending despite investor doubts

As Bloomberg notes, one of the main topics in the tech industry this year has been whether the multibillion-dollar investments in AI infrastructure will pay off. Due to massive investments, Alphabet and Amazon have already faced negative free cash flow, and Meta is expected to follow suit.

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Despite this, all companies have stated their intention to continue increasing spending, citing the rapid growth in demand for computing power for AI systems.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy stated that even the planned capital expenditures of $220 billion this year will not fully meet the demand for cloud infrastructure. Meanwhile, Amazon Web Services posted a 37% revenue growth in the second quarter, the highest since the end of 2021.

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