Tech Giants Face AI Spending Skepticism

Major cloud providers Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Alphabet are making massive capital expenditures on AI infrastructure (totaling hundreds of billions of dollars), but investors are expressing growing skepticism about financial returns and cash flow impacts. Market concerns intensified after Alphabet reported negative free cash flow, raising questions about whether competitors will face similar financial strain.

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