Two AI infrastructure stories are worth watching together today. On one side, Google is locking in power. The company plans to invest at least €13 billion in AI infrastructure in Finland over the next two years and has signed its first long-term nuclear power agreement outside the U.S. Under the deal, Google can purchase up to 50% of the output from one unit at Finland’s Loviisa nuclear plant for 22 years. On the other side, Verizon is locking in fiber. Corning has signed a multibillion-dollar long-term supply agreement with Verizon to provide more than 80 million miles of high-density fiber and connectivity products from 2027 through 2032. At first glance, one story is about nuclear power and the other is about fiber. But they are really answering the same question: Once hyperscalers keep
Alphabet Drops 6.9% Post-Earnings: Does $200B Capex Spook the Market?
Alphabet fell 6.89% after guiding 2026 capital expenditure toward approximately $200 billion, stoking fears that AI investment will erode profitability. Despite solid Cloud and Search results — and recent buying by Buffett — the repricing of "heavy capex, slow returns" wiped more than $700 billion from Mag-7 market caps in a single session. Investors are reassessing the valuation anchor for mega-cap tech. As the AI arms race becomes a test of spending endurance, can Alphabet's moat absorb the bill?
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