Google projects full-year capex will be $195B to $205B in 2026, after saying in April that it will spend as much as $190B; its Q2 capex hit $44.92B, up 100% YoY (Julia Love/Bloomberg)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-22/google-boosts-2026-spending-estimate-to-as-much-as-205-billion"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260722/i54.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260722/p54#a260722p54" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Julia Love / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-22/google-boosts-2026-spending-estimate-to-as-much-as-205-billion">Google projects full-year capex will be $195B to $205B in 2026, after saying in April that it will spend as much as $190B; its Q2 capex hit $44.92B, up 100% YoY</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Alphabet Inc. projected full-year capital expenditures will be $195 billion to $205 billion in 2026, increasing &hellip; </p>