Meta raises its 2026 capital expenditures to between $125B and $145B, far exceeding analysts' estimates, after previously forecasting $115B to $135B (Riley Griffin/Bloomberg)

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Meta raises 2026 capex guidance to $125-145B, up from $115-135B, crushing analyst estimates and signaling massive AI infrastructure investment at scale.

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<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-29/meta-raises-outlook-for-capital-spending-in-2026-shares-slide"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260429/i48.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="http://www.techmeme.com/260429/p48#a260429p48" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Riley Griffin / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-29/meta-raises-outlook-for-capital-spending-in-2026-shares-slide">Meta raises its 2026 capital expenditures to between $125B and $145B, far exceeding analysts' estimates, after previously forecasting $115B to $135B</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Meta Platforms Inc. raised its spending outlook for the year, extending its streak of plowing historic levels of investment into the race &hellip; </p>