00:00It's Benzinga bringing Wall Street to Main Street for of the largest U.S. technology companies
00:04forecast combined capital expenditures of nearly $650 billion in 2026 as Alphabet, Amazon, Meta,
00:13and Microsoft Accelerate Data Center construction to support artificial intelligence. By contrast,
00:1921 large U.S. companies across industries, including automakers, industrial firms,
00:24energy, retail, and technology are projected to spend a combined $180 billion in 2026,
00:31according to Bloomberg estimates. Each tech company is pursuing a different path to recoup its
00:37investments, but all are betting that OpenAI's chat GPT and similar AI tools will become central
00:42to work and daily life. Building these models requires massive spending on thousands of high
00:47priced chips, with companies expecting the costs to be offset by much higher future revenue.
00:52The surge has raised concerns over energy use, supply bottlenecks, borrowing needs,
00:57and investor tolerance as markets reacted negatively to the disclosures.
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