capital spending

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Last week, Microsoft raised its capital spending forecast for the year by $25 billion, while Meta Platforms added $10 billion to its own planned outlay, with both citing rising component costs as the justification.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Meta’s stock plunged after an earnings report last week that included a $10 billion boost to planned capital spending to around $135 billion this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

“The market is willing to look past very high capital spending only if it is accompanied by very high and accelerating cloud sales growth,” wrote Ned Davis Research analyst Pat Tschosik in a research note.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Many of the hyperscalers plan to increase capital spending in 2027 compared with already rising 2026 spending levels.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Consequently the successful competitor in the race for supremacy develops productivity, accumulates wealth, expands capital spending, enlarges the scope of the arts, thereby augmenting the city's attractiveness to business enterprise and migrants from the hinterland.

From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Nearing, Scott