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AI data centers are putting pressure on the US power grid, making grid equipment manufacturers, apart from chipmakers, direct beneficiaries of the AI buildout. US data center power consumption is expected to increase 22% in a single year, with total grid demand almost tripling to 134.4 GW by 2030. Hyperscalers such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, […]
Meta has abandoned a global pledge by leading companies to source all of their electricity from renewable sources, the social media giant confirmed Friday.A Meta spokesperson told AFP the company is continuing to scale up investments in renewable energy, and that leaving RE100 does not change its goal of matching its electricity use with 100 percent clean energy.
Big Tech Draws Line on AI: Nvidia, Microsoft Push Back on New Restrictions
It’s peak earnings season, and investors could be forgiven for wanting an escape hatch. Corporate America is delivering solid results, but it’s not helping stocks. Last night, chip maker Intel’s quarterly results blew past Wall Street estimates.
The market reaction to Alphabet's Q2 results has significantly raised the bar for its Magnificent Seven peers that are on deck to report results this week, namely Microsoft and Meta Platforms on Wednesday, July 29th, and Apple and Amazon on Thursday, July 30th.
The White House is expanding its voluntary Ratepayer Protection Pledge for AI data centers, adding nearly 200 utilities, governors, electricity cooperatives, public power providers and developers to the initiative, according to a White House official who confirmed the move to...
Readers weigh in on software stocks, IBM’s leadership, financial advise for athletes, and Barron’s list of top women advisors.
Asking for a Trend Host Brooke DiPalma previews several of the biggest stories to come next week, including Mag 7 earnings from Microsoft (MSFT), Meta (META), Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN), as well as the Fed decision and the latest Consumer confidence data.
Dow Jones futures will open Sunday evening, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. Apple, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Amazon.com headline a massive earnings wave. The Federal Reserve meets, with a rate hike a possibility.
Nvidia, Microsoft and Meta joined more than 20 technology companies in urging U.S. policymakers to avoid broad restrictions on open-weight AI models
Every quarter, Wall Street fixates on whether hyperscalers will blink and cut their AI budgets, and every quarter the order books tell a completely different story. Here is the basic economic principle that keeps one investor hitting buy on NVDA ahead of August earnings.
Microsoft stock has pulled back from its highs and is down over the past year, yet valuation checks suggest the market may be underpricing the company, with both the intrinsic value estimate from a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) approach and earnings multiples pointing to upside relative to the current share price. Over the past 5 years Microsoft has returned 38.8%, which shows that even after recent weakness the longer term shareholder experience has still been positive. Heavy AI infrastructure...
Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre takes a closer look at stock valuation losses from Tesla (TSLA), Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), Meta (META), Amazon (AMZN), and Microsoft (MSFT).
<body><p>STORY: Investor concerns over the growing cost of AI investments have become a central theme for markets after results from Google parent Alphabet, and Tesla, highlighted rising capital spending and cash burn among major technology companies.</p><p>That has set a cautious tone ahead of next week's earnings from Microsoft, Amazon and Meta.</p><p>If those companies "continue to raise their CapEx spending, then guess what? There'll be a negative reaction from the stocks, just like we saw this week from Google," Reyle said.</p><p>"I think the real trick will be, one of these guys is going to finally say 'enough's enough' and they will finally cut back on spending," he added. "And guess what? Their stock price will react positively to that."</p><p>To that point, Reyle noted that Apple, which has avoided massive AI spending, has seen its stock rise more than 20% this year. </p></body>
A software firm's stock chart looks like a wreck, but its financial engine keeps humming a very different tune.
Tech coalition urges US support for open-weight AI to strengthen competitiveness and expand AI adoption.
Morgan Stanley sees about 54% upside as Azure growth and Copilot adoption remain key earnings drivers.
Nvidia chief backs open models alongside Microsoft and Meta
Nvidia, Microsoft and other tech heavyweights made a public case to lawmakers on Friday in favor of open-source AI models, wading into a debate roiling the business and policy worlds over who controls the powerful technology. In a letter posted on X and also signed by two dozen companies and groups including Meta Platforms and IBM, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that lawmakers should avoid "premature restrictions on open models that stifle competition or drive innovation overseas." The letter adds to the growing debate about open-source models that are harder to regulate, such as Nvidia's own and those released in recent weeks by Chinese labs, and the closed-source models controlled by specific companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic.
Alphabet just reported the strongest quarter in Google Cloud's history. Revenue came in at $119.8 billion, up 24% year over year. Cloud grew 82% to $24.8 billion and blew past analyst estimates. The Cloud backlog hit $514 billion. Nearly 90% of the Fortune 100 is using Gemini Enterprise. By most ...
It makes sense for tech companies to work together in the age of AI, no?
If you hold shares in the tax software giant, the market is pricing a future that could look radically different a year from now, and you already own that risk.
AI companies, including Nvidia and Mistral, urge policymakers to avoid broad restrictions on open-weight AI models as Washington debates responses to Chinese AI and alleged model distillation.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) raised its estimates for the total addressable markets of graphics proc
Alphabet posted its strongest quarter ever, then watched the stock crater 7% as the market panicked over a balance sheet move that looks less like weakness and more like a calculated bet on where AI revenue lands a decade from now.