Alphabet and Amazon are ramping up AI spending for 2026—plans to spend up to $185 billion and $200 billion respectively, totaling $385 billion combined. Researchers estimate total global data center investments could approach $7 trillion by 2030. The scale of capital deployment shows how seriously hyperscalers are taking AI infrastructure. This isn't experimentation money—it's betting-the-company-on-AI money, and the numbers keep climbing.