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Anat Ashkenazi
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Alphabet Q2 revenue jumps 24% as Google Cloud surges 82%, but $205bn AI capex pressures GOOGL
Alphabet’s artificial intelligence strategy produced exceptional Google Cloud growth and stronger operating margins, but record infrastructure spending pushed quarterly free cash flow below zero. The second-quarter numbers have shifted the investor debate from whether artificial intelligence is generating demand to whether Alphabet can fund that demand without weakening capital returns.
Alphabet smashes Q1 2026 estimates as Google Cloud revenue soars 63% and AI infrastructure spend hits $35.7bn
Google Cloud revenue jumped 63% and backlog hit $460B. Now Alphabet is borrowing $31B to spend $190B on AI capex. Is the build finally bigger than the demand?