capital expenditure

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Large firms plan to increase capital expenditure by 3.3% in the current business year, the tankan showed, compared with the 10.9% rise planned the previous year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Analysts argue concerns over Microsoft’s $100 billion capital expenditure are shortsighted, as cloud contracts cover hardware life.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

About $250 million to $300 million in capital expenditure is still needed to finish infrastructure upgrades and increase production to 75,000 tons of copper and 15,000 tons of cobalt annually, according to Powch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Meta targets $135 billion in 2026 capital expenditure for AI, collaborating on Arm CPUs and acquiring AI agent firms.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

For this reason it is quite impossible that all the expenditure on the mine should be charged into working costs, particularly some items that arise through "capital expenditure."

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