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WSJ analysis says Big Tech AI obligations may exceed capex by $3tn
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"The journal went through the footnotes of these companies' filings and found roughly $3 trillion of additional AI commitments that don't appear on the balance sheet at all. Five times the capex everyone's been staring at. These are things like long-term leases on data centers and locked-in purchase commitments for chips, computing power, and energy."
The Wall Street Journal analysis cited in the episode says Big Tech’s reported AI capital spending may understate its total obligations. It says a review of footnotes in company filings suggests about $3tn in additional AI-related commitments, including data-centre leases and purchase agreements for chips, computing and energy.
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