CNBC July 23, 2025
Jennifer Elias

Key Points

– Alphabet said Wednesday it will spend $85 billion in capital expenditures in 2025 — up from the $75 billion it said it would at the beginning of the year.

– The increase comes as the company tries to get more infrastructure to meet a backlog of customers for its cloud services.

– The Google parent company will spend more money on additional servers as well as other technical needs.

Google is going to spend $10 billion more this year than it previously expected due to the growing demand for cloud services, which has created a backlog, executives said Wednesday.

As part of its second quarter earnings, the company increased its forecast for capital expenditures in 2025 to...

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