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Alphabet (NasdaqGS:GOOGL) has signed a multi year AI infrastructure agreement with SpaceX to access more than 100,000 Nvidia GPUs housed in SpaceX data centers.
The deal is tied to Alphabet’s record US$85b equity raise, anchored by Berkshire Hathaway, to fund expanded AI compute capacity.
The arrangement highlights growing competition for high end chips between large AI players and points to SpaceX’s data centers playing a larger role in AI supply chains.
Alphabet enters this agreement with SpaceX while its stock trades at US$368.53, up 16.9% year to date and 112.9% over the past year. Over shorter periods the stock is down 3.1% over the past week and down 8.1% over the past month, following very large gains over the past three and five years.
For investors, the SpaceX deal and US$85b equity raise put Alphabet’s AI infrastructure plans in sharper focus, along with the trade offs that come with heavy spending and new external dependencies. Future assessments are likely to center on how effectively the company converts this additional compute capacity into product adoption and cash flow while managing execution risk around such a large build out.
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Quick Assessment
โ Price vs Analyst Target: At US$368.53, the stock trades about 14.5% below the US$431.19 analyst target.
โ Simply Wall St Valuation: Simply Wall St estimates the shares are trading 11.5% above fair value.
โ Recent Momentum: The stock has declined 8.1% over the past 30 days.
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Key Considerations
๐ The SpaceX compute deal and US$85b equity raise place greater emphasis on how efficiently Alphabet turns much larger AI capacity into revenue and earnings.
๐ Watch AI related capex, returns on invested capital and any updates on utilisation of the more than 100,000 Nvidia GPUs.
โ ๏ธ Simply Wall St flags a risk around high levels of non cash earnings, which investors may want to weigh alongside the stock trading 11.5% above estimated fair value.
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