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Big Tech’s $630B AI data-center spending surge is squeezing chips, electricians — and investor patience

Big Tech’s $630B AI data-center spending surge is squeezing chips, electricians — and investor patience

Amazon.com sketched out a $200 billion capital spending plan for 2026, with the bulk aimed at assets like data centers and servers. The stock fell 9% on Friday. That spike in outlays is stirring up echoes of the dot-com era’s infrastructure binge in the early 2000s—an effort that gave birth to the current internet but ended up handing backers only modest gains.
Big Tech stocks swing on AI spending fears: Amazon slides, Nvidia rebounds as week ahead looms

Big Tech stocks swing on AI spending fears: Amazon slides, Nvidia rebounds as week ahead looms

Investors can't agree on whether the AI surge is worth the price tag as Big Tech heads into next week. Amazon.com slid 5.6% on Friday, while Nvidia soared 7.9%. Thanks to Amazon’s latest moves, expected AI spending by it and cloud giants Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta is now pegged close to $600 billion for 2026. The Dow broke through 50,000 for the first time ever on Friday. Yet the Nasdaq lags, down 0.9% so far this year.
Semiconductor stocks surge as AI capex stays high; Nvidia and AMD lead into next week

Semiconductor stocks surge as AI capex stays high; Nvidia and AMD lead into next week

Semiconductor names in the U.S. surged Friday, driving the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index up 5.7% to close at 8,048.6. Nvidia popped 7.87% to $185.41, Advanced Micro Devices tacked on 8.28% to finish at $208.44, and Broadcom ended up 7.22% at $332.92. Intel moved up 4.87% to $50.59.
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