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Alphabet has announced plans to invest between $175 billion and $185 billion in AI capital expenditures by 2026, nearly doubling prior estimates. This funding will focus on AI servers, data centers, and associated infrastructure.

Following this announcement, Broadcom's stock rose 6%, and NVIDIA's increased by 2%. For fiscal year 2025, Alphabet reported revenue of $402.84 billion, boosted by significant growth in cloud and AI services.

The Google Cloud segment alone generated $17.66 billion in Q4, up 47% year-over-year. Alphabet's Gemini platform saw rapid adoption, with over 8 million paid seats sold and 750 million active users. The investment underscores Alphabet's strategy to lead in AI and cloud infrastructure.