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  "id": 1305793,
  "title": "Sundar Pichai Raised Alphabet's Capex Guidance to $205 Billion the Same Quarter Google Cloud's Backlog Hit $514 Billion. Here's Which Number Actually Matters More.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/sundar-pichai-raised-alphabets-capex-guidance-to-205-billion-the-same-1305793",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-16T15:43:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nasdaq Markets",
    "slug": "nasdaq-markets",
    "url": "https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/sundar-pichai-raised-alphabets-capex-guidance-205-billion-same-quarter-google-clouds"
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  "summary": "Key PointsAlphabet expects to spend upward of $200 billion in 2026 on data centers, servers, networking equipment, and chips.",
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