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Why Amazon’s AI Spending Scare Could Be a Once-a-Decade Opportunity

Feb 09, 2026
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When Amazon announced plans to spend roughly $200 billion on AI-related capital expenditure, the market’s verdict was swift—and brutal. Shares dropped sharply. Hundreds of billions in market value evaporated. Commentators dusted off the usual phrases: margin pressure, overinvestment, empire building.

To most investors, this looked like reckless excess.

To…

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