{
  "id": 17304582,
  "title": "The cash drain of tech companies due to AI spending puts Wall Street's patience to the test",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/la-sangria-de-caja-de-las-tecnologicas-por-el-gasto-en-ia-pone-a",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-30T22:57:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Expansion ES",
    "slug": "expansion-es",
    "url": "https://www.expansion.com/tecnologia/2026/10/30/sangria-caja-tecnologicas-gasto-ia-pone-prueba-paciencia-wall-street.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta are maintaining high capital expenditure plans of $745 billion this year, despite their combined free cash flow turning negative in the third quarter. The four tech giants' free cash flow totaled -$26.099 billion in Q3, with Amazon at -$33.456 billion and Meta registering its first negative balance since going public at -$2.120 billion. The companies are investing heavily in data centers and artificial intelligence, with over $1.3 trillion in capital investments since early 2023. Despite market concerns, the companies insist that AI is already generating returns, citing growth in their cloud businesses.",
  "summary": "The combined free cash flow of Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Meta turns negative, while maintaining capital spending plans of $745 billion this year.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}