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Alphabet plans to double capex spending to a possible $185 billion—but it’s keeping CEO Sundar Pichai up at night
Alphabet revealed a staggering increase in infrastructure investments that will see it nearly double the $91.4 billion it spent last year, according to its fourth quarter earnings release.
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