Jeff Bezos' Amazon Just Raised Its AI Spending Target to $220 Billion for 2026. Here's What That Capex Hike Means for Investors.
Capital expenditures of $220 billion sound bad until you see what they're enabling.
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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is again ramping up its artificial intelligence (AI) spending. The tech giant told investors that it now expects to spend $220 billion in 2026 -- $20 billion more than its prior capex plan -- with higher memory costs cited as a reason for the increase.
That news came as part of an earnings report that saw Amazon break out of a sluggish trance. It's now up by more than 10% year to date and is outperforming the S&P 500, but will that spike last? Here's how this $220 billion capital expenditure commitment affects shareholders.
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