Amazon/hyperscalers will continue pouring free cash flow into AI data centers, robots and LEO satellites (opex cannibalized by capex).

Amazon/hyperscalers will continue pouring free cash flow into AI data centers, robots and LEO satellites (opex cannibalized by capex). | Amazon is uh slowly separating itself from UPS's delivery services to do inhouse and then Amazon in turn is spending hundreds of billions of dollars of capex that's cannibalizing its opex. So if you're Amazon or the other hyperscalers, you're taking all of your free cash flow and you're finding ways to divert it into buying AI data centers and building them >> and robots >> and and robots and and robots all and and LEO satellites

Amazon is uh slowly separating itself from UPS's delivery services to do inhouse and then Amazon in turn is spending hundreds of billions of dollars of capex that's cannibalizing its opex. So if you're Amazon or the other hyperscalers, you're taking all of your free cash flow and you're finding ways to divert it into buying AI data centers and building them >> and robots >> and and robots and and robots all and and LEO satellites

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  "verbatim": "Amazon is uh slowly separating itself from UPS's delivery services to do inhouse and then Amazon in turn is spending hundreds of billions of dollars of capex that's cannibalizing its opex. So if you're Amazon or the other hyperscalers, you're taking all of your free cash flow and you're finding ways to divert it into buying AI data centers and building them >> and robots >> and and robots and and robots all and and LEO satellites",
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      "notes": "Q1-2026 earnings night: AMZN $200B, MSFT $190B, GOOGL $190B, META $145B+ confirmed.",
      "source": "Tom's Hardware: Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon capex spending hits $725B in 2026, up 77%",
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      "notes": "Morgan Stanley: -$17B; Bank of America: -$28B FCF for AMZN in 2026 — confirms 'opex cannibalized by capex' thesis.",
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