In a recent statement, Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated that the company anticipates investing approximately 75 billion USD in capital expenditures for 2025, with most directed toward AI projects. This is a notable 43% increase from the previous year’s expenditure of 32.3 billion USD.
Despite the strong growth in AI revenues, with an annual increase of 12%, Alphabet’s overall revenue of 96.5 billion USD did not meet forecasts, resulting in a more than 7% decline in share price after hours. Pichai reassured investors about Google’s competitiveness against emerging threats like the DeepSeek AI.