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Hyperscaler capex — Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon (trailing 12 months)
Combined trailing-twelve-month capital expenditure of Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta and Amazon, $ billions — the AI build-out in one number.
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Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 1 year
Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. Shaded: the range about two in three outcomes land in. A projection, not a promise.
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Hyperscaler capex — Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon (trailing 12 months). Source: Palanor reads quarterly and annual XBRL filings from SEC EDGAR, a public-domain database. The series sums cash payments to acquire property, plant and equipment as reported under US GAAP by each of the four companies.
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