Alphabet plans $80 billion stock raise to finance vast AI infrastructure buildout
Alphabet will ask shareholders to authorise issuing up to $80 billion in new shares. The company says most of the proceeds will fund Google Cloud data centres and custom TPU chips. CFO Anat Ashkenazi said the spending is needed to 'build out a durable AI franchise'.
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