Comment by whakim

I don't think it's correct to view AI capex as simply booking profit for Google Cloud - theoretically almost every aspect of Google's business should indirectly benefit from those investments. Bigger picture though, the bet behind that staggering capex is future profits, not current profits (see: OpenAI, Anthropic). Even if you think that's a stupid bet, the evidence won't be in 2026 income, it'll be in future income.