capital expenditure
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They see AI investment changing from a tailwind for S&P 500 earnings of 11 percentage points this year to a “marginal drag” in 2028 as capital expenditure growth slows and depreciation costs loom.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
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
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
Resolving the Petronas-Petros issue and recovering Petronas capital expenditure could be more meaningful catalysts for domestic oil and gas services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Hopper Dredgers.—In places where barge-loading dredgers are inconvenient, owing to confined space and interference with navigation, and where it is necessary to curtail capital expenditure, hopper dredgers are convenient and economical.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various