aiqbench takeChips & Infra
aiqbench analysis
The core issue is whether roughly $740 billion in planned Big Tech capex can earn adequate returns. Two signals stand out: free cash flow is turning negative even as capex rises, and AI features like Google's AI Mode may be cannibalizing the advertising revenue that funded these bets. For AI readers, the financial sustainability of data-centre and chip build-outs now matters as much as the technical progress behind them.
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Cracks are emerging in the AI spending boom
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