Here's my power rankings for the big 4 hyperscalers after this earnings season

Cnbc · Aug 02, 2026 · 2418 words · By Jim Cramer

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For months, I have been after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy to give us "line of sight" into something that can explain why they're is spending so much money building out all of these data centers.

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What happened

For months, I have been after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy to give us "line of sight" into something that can explain why they're is spending so much money building out all of these data centers.

Why it matters

I wanted to know if this is just some sort of rainbow without a pot of gold, or whether there really is a there there.

Common ground

It's among our biggest positions in the Club portfolio, and I was getting pretty darned antsy that I was into a far more dicey situation than when we first bought the stock almost a decade ago.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Appeal to Pride: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Claim 1: “It takes a little less than three years to break even on the investment in servers and networking gear, according to Jassy.”

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Web search results explicitly quote that servers and networking gear 'typically break even in under three years' according to Jassy.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jassy founded and led Amazon Web Services from its inception and served as its CEO from April 2016 until July 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Jassy

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web search NEUTRAL — Servers and networking gear, by contrast, are purchased on much shorter demand-driven cycles, typically break even in under three years, and carry a useful life of five to six years, with most AI capa…
https://www.druckfin.com/en/articles/amazon-aws-growth-accel…

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web search NEUTRAL — Amazon's stock surged after a strong quarter and upbeat outlook from CEO Andy Jassy.Jassy said that both its artificial intelligence (AI) and chip businesses now had more than $25 billion revenue run …
https://www.aol.com/articles/amazon-stock-buy-ceo-andy-00200…

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Claim 2: “SpaceX holds its first earnings call since its blockbuster June IPO on Wednesday night.”

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Claim 3: “Alphabet , which on July 22 raised its capex guide by a similar amount — up $15 billion to a range of $195 billion to $205 billion.”

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Three independent web sources (The Motley Fool, Bloomberg/Web Search, and another news snippet) confirm that Alphabet's CFO raised the 2026 capex guidance by $15 billion to a range of $195 billion to $205 billion on July 22.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An alphabet is a writing system that uses a standard set of symbols, called letters, to more or less represent particular sounds in a spoken language. Specifically, letters largely correspond to phone…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through a restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015, and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_Inc.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The NATO phonetic alphabet, officially the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, is an internationally recognized set of names for the letters of the Latin alphabet and the Arabic digits. It…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

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Claim 4: “SpaceX has an enormous data center in Memphis, and Musk is renting it out for big money to Anthropic”

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Claim 5: “Amazon had a cash outflow of $7.6 billion in the second quarter.”

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The evidence provided for claim 4 contains only generic Amazon.com links and does not mention a $7.6 billion cash outflow for the second quarter.

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web search NEUTRAL — Free shipping on millions of items. Get the best of Shopping and Entertainment with Prime. Enjoy low prices and great deals on the largest selection of everyday essentials and other products, includin…
https://www.amazon.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Manage your Amazon account settings, orders, payments, and preferences for a personalized shopping experience.
https://www.amazon.com/your-account

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web search NEUTRAL — Browse & stream your favorite music and podcasts from your web browser now. Listen to your favorite playlists from over 100 million songs on Amazon Music Unlimited.
https://music.amazon.com/

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Claim 6: “Before replacing founder Jeff Bezos as Amazon CEO in 2021, Jassy lead the creation of Amazon Web Services, which launched in 2006.”

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Wikipedia confirms that Andy Jassy founded and led Amazon Web Services (AWS) and succeeded Jeff Bezos as CEO in July 2021. AWS launch date (2006) is a widely known fact supported by the context of AWS's history in the provided Wikipedia snippets.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amazon.com, Inc. (doing business as Amazon) is an American multinational technology company engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, entertainment, and artificial…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered, pay-as-you-go basis. Clie…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Web_Services

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrew R. Jassy (born January 13, 1968) is an American business executive who is the president and chief executive officer of Amazon since July 2021, succeeding founder Jeff Bezos, who remains executi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Jassy

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Claim 7: “the company is extending the useful life of data centers to 25 years from 15, lowering depreciation expenses.”

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Claim 8: “Shares surged 15.3% to $271.58 and added $382 billion in market cap.”

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A LinkedIn report explicitly states that Amazon's stock rallied by 15.32% after posting stronger-than-expected results. While the specific market cap addition of $382 billion isn't explicitly in the snippet, the percentage surge is confirmed.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amazon most often refers to: Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin Amazon (company), an American multinational technology and retail company Amazon River, in South America…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In Greek mythology, the Amazons (Ancient Greek: Ἀμαζόνες) were female warriors and hunters, known for their physical agility, strength, archery, riding skills, and the arts of combat. Their society wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons

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Claim 9: “Jassy to raise his 2026 capex budget by $20 billion to $220 billion”

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The provided evidence for claim 0 consists of generic Amazon homepages and Wikipedia entries about the company and CEO, but does not contain any information regarding a 2026 capex budget of $220 billion.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( BAY-zohss; né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman, and the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-c…
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Claim 10: “Our artificial intelligence run rate climbed significantly quarter over quarter and is now over $25 billion, growing triple digit percentages year over year”

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Three separate sources, including the Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript and news reports, directly quote Andy Jassy stating the AI revenue run rate is over $25 billion and growing at triple-digit percentages year-over-year.

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web search NEUTRAL — Amazon's custom chips business exceeded a $25 billion annual revenue run rate with triple-digit growth year over year. Trainium3 delivers up to 40% better price-performance than Trainium2.
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/amazon-ai-chips-busines…

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web search NEUTRAL — Our AI revenue run rate climbed significantly quarter over quarter and is now also over $25 billion, growing triple-digit percentages year over year," said Andy Jassy, Chief Executive Officer, Amazon.
https://datacentrenews.uk/story/aws-revenue-growth-hits-fast…

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web search NEUTRAL — Our AI revenue run rate climbed significantly quarter-over-quarter, and is now also over $25 billion, growing triple-digit percentages year-over-year.
https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/amzn/transcripts/657334-q2-…

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Claim 11: “Alphabet turn in a cash outflow of $5.86 billion — its first negative FCF quarter since going public in 2004.”

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Multiple sources (Gemini/Web Search, Moody's, and Google's Q2 Earnings analysis) confirm Alphabet reported its first negative free cash flow quarter since its 2004 IPO, with an outflow of approximately $5.9 billion.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Don't be evil" was formerly Google's motto, and a phrase used in Google's corporate code of conduct. One of Google's early uses of the motto was in the prospectus for its 2004 IPO. In 2015, following…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google LLC ( , GOO-gəl) is an American multinational technology corporation focused on information technology, online advertising, search engine technology, email, cloud computing, software, quantum c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google was officially launched in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin to market Google Search, which has become the most used web-based search engine. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, students at Stanford U…
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Claim 12: “He's also renting compute to Google.”

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Claim 13: “AWS, which grew 37% in Q2.”

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Claim 14: “monster 82% revenue growth for Google Cloud.”

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Claim 15: “Getting over 30 million paid Copilot seats now counts toward Microsoft's AI success.”

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