Tech Stocks Shift Amid War; $700B AI Infrastructure Spending Estimated

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The ongoing war with Iran has led to a major shift in market dynamics, with a rotation from technology stocks into value and small-cap stocks due to fears of recession. Energy stocks have gained traction, while the five largest data center operators are projected to spend approximately $700 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026. Alphabet (GOOGL) claims its tensor processing units are fully utilized, alongside CoreWeave's GPUs. Meanwhile, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) has significantly raised its capital expenditures to boost chip production capacity, indicating strong long-term projections for AI cloud computing.