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Meta raising 2026 CapEx guidance to $125-145B from $120-135B primarily due to elevated memory component pricing and data center costs
Mark Zuckerberg· Meta· AI· 2026-04-29· about Meta Platforms (META)
“We anticipate 2026 capital expenditures, including principal payments on finance leases, to be in the range of $125 to $145 billion, increased from our prior range of $120 to $135 billion. This reflects our expectations for higher component pricing this year and, to a lesser extent, additional data center costs to support future-year capacity.”
Why it matters
Memory pricing is a major driver of CapEx inflation for one of the world's largest AI infrastructure spenders, signaling constrained supply or elevated demand across the industry.
Investment implication
Memory chip suppliers (Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron) and data center operators should see sustained pricing power. Companies dependent on commodity memory pricing face margin pressure.