Meta has boosted its AI data center capital expenditure forecast for 2026 to between $130 billion and $145 billion, according to Data Center Dynamics. The revision reflects accelerating investment in AI training and inference infrastructure as the company scales its compute capacity. The updated figure represents one of the largest single-company capex commitments in data center history.
A capex range of $130–145 billion from a single hyperscaler sets a new benchmark for AI infrastructure spending and signals sustained demand for power, land, construction, and hardware across the supply chain. Suppliers, utilities, and colocation providers will use this figure to calibrate their own investment and capacity planning decisions.
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