According to @StockMKTNewz, Microsoft MSFT, Alphabet GOOGL, and Meta META collectively spent $78 billion on capital expenditures in Q3, up 89% year over year. Source: @StockMKTNewz citing Yahoo Finance, Brian Sozzi. Management at Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta have previously stated that elevated CAPEX is primarily targeted at AI data center infrastructure including servers, networking, and facilities in 2024, providing context for the current spending trajectory. Source: Microsoft FY2024 Q4 earnings call; Alphabet Q2 2024 earnings call; Meta Q2 2024 earnings call. AI-focused hyperscaler CAPEX has been reflected in supplier results, with Nvidia NVDA and Broadcom AVGO reporting strong AI data center demand as key revenue drivers in 2024, linking hyperscaler spend to the broader AI hardware ecosystem. Source: Nvidia Q2 FY2025 results (Aug 2024); Broadcom Q3 FY2024 results (Sep 2024). No direct crypto market impact was cited in the report, but the CAPEX scale provides a verified datapoint for traders assessing AI infrastructure exposure across equities and potential sentiment read-through to digital assets. Source: @StockMKTNewz.