Google reports negative cash flow due to AI spending, raising capex forecast as infrastructure costs rise.

Combined AI capex at the biggest cloud firms is set to overtake the cash their core businesses generate, and free cash flow is feeling it first.

Google reports negative cash flow due to AI spending, raising capex forecast as infrastructure costs rise.

Google's latest blockbuster quarter highlights how much AI is driving growth, but also how expensive it is getting to keep up.

The search giant says it will spend up to $US205 billion on artificial intelligence-related capital expenditure in 2026.

In a company first, Google ended a quarter with negative free cash flow, while upping expenses to $200 billion.

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Sundar Pichai conceded Google needs to improve at coding but rejected claims it is losing the AI race, as Alphabet Q2 revenue hit $119.8bn and cloud grew 82%.

Alphabet earnings split Wall Street as strong Cloud growth offset concerns over higher AI spending and negative free cash flow.

Search giant says it will commit up to $205bn to AI investments in 2026

Alphabet beat on revenue and grew Google Cloud 82%, but a record $205bn capex guide and negative free cash flow sent shares down about 5%.

Alphabet ha alzato ancora il budget destinato a data center, chip e infrastrutture, che nel 2026 arriverà fino a 205 miliardi di dollari

Alphabet said AI demand continues to outpace computing capacity despite raising its capital spending outlook.

Alphabet reports its first-ever negative cash flow due to AI spending. Alphabet as the second-largest company by market cap on July 31 at 2.1% YES.

Google said its free cash flow – the cash it had remaining after paying for operations and investments – for the three months to the end of...

Alphabet, Google's parent company, reported negative $5.9bn free cash flow for the first time in a decade, driven by escalating spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure.

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