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Hyperscalers Line Up $650B in 2026 AI Capex as Vertiv, Nvidia Build 800-Volt Power Systems

Four AI hyperscalers plan roughly $650 billion in combined 2026 capital spending, with Alphabet raising its own 2026 capex outlook. Vertiv and Nvidia are co-developing 800-volt DC power platforms to keep pace with data center energy demand, pulling infrastructure vendors into multi-year AI buildout commitments.

LM Salvado

July 30, 2026

Hyperscalers Line Up $650B in 2026 AI Capex as Vertiv, Nvidia Build 800-Volt Power Systems
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Four AI hyperscalers plan roughly billions in combined capital expenditure for 2026.1 Alphabet raised its own 2026 capex outlook in the same window.1 The two moves confirm hyperscalers are not slowing AI infrastructure spending despite elevated interest rates.1

Vertiv partnered with Nvidia on next-generation 800-volt DC power platforms for AI data centers.1 The higher-voltage architecture is designed to move more power through data center racks with less energy loss. AI chip clusters draw far more electricity than prior computing generations, and power delivery has become a bottleneck for deployment speed.

The pairing of hyperscaler capex guidance with vendor-level engineering commitments signals a structural shift. Power and cooling suppliers are no longer reacting to AI demand after the fact. They are being drawn into multi-year design partnerships tied directly to chip roadmaps.1

The trend points to continued upward guidance revisions from hyperscalers through the rest of 2026.1 Semiconductor makers, power management firms, and data center REITs sit downstream of that spending. Companies in the Nvidia and Vertiv supply chain are positioned for capex-driven revenue beats as this cycle continues.1

Three data points reinforce each other here. Hyperscaler spending guidance is rising, not falling. A major infrastructure vendor is co-engineering next-generation power hardware specifically for AI workloads. And the scale of committed spending, near billions across four companies for one year, sets a floor for how much physical infrastructure must be built regardless of near-term rate conditions.1

For hardware vendors, the shift from selling components to co-designing power platforms marks a change in how deeply AI demand is reshaping data center engineering. Electrical systems built around chips still years from mass deployment are now in active development, a sign that infrastructure planning has moved from reactive procurement to long-horizon architecture commitments.

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