Meta says firms offered to rent its AI cloud software at a “meaningful premium” as 2026 capex is set at $130 billion to $145 billion
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Meta disclosed inbound demand to rent its AI cloud software at a "meaningful premium," signaling potential infrastructure monetization beyond internal use. However, 2026 capex guidance of $130–145B and sharply lower free cash flow underscore heavy investment intensity in data centers, AI chips, and hardware (e.g., smart glasses). Near term, the market is likely to weigh incremental revenue optionality against cash generation and execution risk.
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Meta said on its second-quarter earnings call that it has received offers from companies looking to rent its cloud software at a “meaningful premium” over what it paid to build the compute. The comments marked a rare acknowledgment that its AI infrastructure could be offered beyond serving Meta’s own apps. The company also guided 2026 capital expenditure at $130 billion to $145 billion and reported a sharp drop in free cash flow in the latest quarter amid spending on data centers, AI chips and smart-glasses development.
