{"id":2878,"date":"2026-07-31T10:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T10:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanhomejournals.com\/?p=2878"},"modified":"2026-07-31T10:36:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T10:36:01","slug":"microsoft-blinked-a-little-in-the-ai-capex-race-wall-street-loved-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanhomejournals.com\/?p=2878","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft blinked a little in the AI capex race. Wall Street loved it."},"content":{"rendered":"
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For several years, Big Tech has operated under a simple rule: spend more on AI, or investors will assume you’re falling behind. This earnings season, that rule may have changed.<\/p>\n

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Even a year ago, if one of the cloud giants had merely held its AI spending plans steady while rivals kept increasing theirs, Wall Street probably would have panicked. Investors would have assumed AI demand was cooling or that the company had lost confidence in its competitive position.<\/p>\n

Instead, Microsoft did exactly that this week, and its stock exploded higher \u2014 adding the most market value in one day by any US company in history.<\/p>\n

Late Wednesday, the company kept its 2026 capital spending plan unchanged. (It actually fell from $190 billion to $175 billion due to an accounting tweak).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Google added another $15 billion to its forecast, Amazon increased 2026 spending by $20 billion, and Meta boosted its plans, too.<\/p>\n

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