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capital expenditure

NOUN
fixed asset expense
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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet next week, or in the Middle East — the market’s best hope for big upside is a peak in hyperscaler capital expenditure, the strategists say.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

While they are not worried about 2027 earnings per share, they expressed concerns that AI capital expenditure would slow, eating into 2028 earnings.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

Inari has set aside 450 million ringgit in capital expenditure, mainly for optical-photonics processing and plant expansion, he notes.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Right now, annual data center capital expenditure lands roughly at $800 billion, but that’s expected to increase to $1.8 trillion in 2050.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Such a term, though in common use, is not strictly correct, for the capital value vanishes when the ore is extracted, but in conformity with current usage the term "capital expenditure" will be adopted.

From Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration by Herbert Hoover




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