IT giants to spend $200 billion on AI development over 2024
- Capex of 4 IT giants will be $200+ billion in 2024
- This is a record amount for Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and others
- At the same time, the capex of IT companies for 2025 may increase
- As they buy scarce chips and build data centers
- They say the spending will make the AI business profitable
- At the same time it should become more profitable than advertising, etc.
- Amazon's capex for 2024 will be $75 billion.
- Zuckerberg's company may spend about $40 bln.
- Alphabet's cap. expenses turned out to be higher than analysts' estimates
- At the same time, it predicts their significant growth for 2025
- Apple also promises to invest to develop its AI
- Microsoft spent 50% more in the quarter - $14.9 bln
- That's more than Microsoft's capex for any year through 2020