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First Trust estimates nearly $700 billion in 2026 hyperscaler investment, much of it in AI chips, servers, data centers, and supporting power infrastructure, but it does not establish the claim’s $500 billion figure or job effects. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Hyperscalers: Can the AI Buildout Last? · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:f280bd471ab324a56c38fb611c29105d9c314832c3106635ae03786786e91b31

The five companies are projected to invest nearly $700 billion in 2026 ... Although not all of this spending is devoted exclusively to data centers, much of the recent increase reflects investments in AI chips, servers, networking equipment, data-center construction, and supporting power infrastructure.