According to a press report, the Facebook group Meta is considering a capital increase worth tens of billions of US dollars.
The money should flow into the development of the AI infrastructure, the “Financial Times” reported on its online site on Friday. At the end of April, Meta Platforms had announced investments of 125 and 145 billion dollars. The previous range was $115 billion to $135 billion. In 2025, the group spent a good $72 billion, primarily on expanding data centers for artificial intelligence.
Corporate action increases profit-taking: Meta share deep red
The wave of profit-taking in the US tech sector that began on Wednesday also reached Meta shares on Friday. The social media company’s stocks were able to resist in the last two days, but at the end of the week their price also slipped by up to 7 percent to its lowest level in almost two months. At the close of trading, the discount was still 5.51 percent to $593.00.
As an additional burden, the plans for a capital increase worth billions came to light. After Anthropic’s recent warning about a loss of control over artificial intelligence, investors seem to be more skeptical about further investment announcements. a report that the company is considering a major issue of new shares. The Financial Times reported this, citing people familiar with the plans. Meta is planning to invest tens of billions of dollars in order to increase investments in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
The AI race continues: Meta-CEO wants to outdo the competition with investments
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has great ambitions to surpass rivals such as ChatGPT developer OpenAI as well as Google and Elon Musk’s AI company xAI in artificial intelligence. He is prepared to spend billions on this – even with the risk of building up too much data center capacity.
Google parent Alphabet announced a capital increase of $80 billion last Tuesday. This is probably one of the biggest of all time. As part of the deal, the investment company Berkshire Hathaway is also taking over securities from US investor legend Warren Buffett for $10 billion.
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