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Bloomberg Surveillance · Tuesday, June 30, 2026

AI Race Intensifies: Hyperscalers Cannot Afford to Cut Back Amidst Global Competition

An analyst warns that hyperscalers are in an 'arms race' for AI development and cannot afford to cut back on capital expenditures. Doing so would put them behind competitors, especially as entities like OpenAI go public and gain more capital. This competitive pressure ensures continued investment despite concerns about spending being 'to nowhere.'

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In terms of what you see in terms of youtail some of the single. Stock moves just to broadening out what we're seeing in terms of tech, and you could argue for names a caterpillar another, but when it comes cyber scalers, look, it's an arms race. That's why the questions that can they actually cut cat backs?
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They can't. In there was like you're. Diving to the deep end of the pool because if they cut back, then they go behind others in line that will clearly go ahead of them and Thropic open AI. Ultimately as they go public, they'll just have more and more cash.
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