capital expenditure

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About $250 million to $300 million in capital expenditure is still needed to finish infrastructure upgrades and increase production to 75,000 tons of copper and 15,000 tons of cobalt annually, according to Powch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

China’s AI capital expenditure from 2023 to 2026 is 14% of the U.S., but its market capitalization is only 8%, the analysts say, noting this implies further upside for China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Meta’s free cash flow is expected to fall to $6.25 billion this year from $43.80 billion in 2025 according to FactSet, due to mounting capital expenditure on AI infrastructure.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Cole Smead, CEO and portfolio manager of Smead Capital Management, talked about the mania in American capital expenditure cycles, with hyperscalers spending hundreds of billions of dollars on AI.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

The extra cost of using treated carbide falls upon the revenue account, and is much more noticeable than that of a large holder, which is capital expenditure.

From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by Leeds, F. H. (Frank Henley)