Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon Emerge as June Cloud Buys Ahead of July Q2 Earnings
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Updated · 24/7 Wall St. · Jun 14
Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon Emerge as June Cloud Buys Ahead of July Q2 Earnings
3 articles · Updated · 24/7 Wall St. · Jun 14
Summary
June is shaping up as a positioning window for Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon after all three posted re-accelerating cloud growth and pulled back from recent highs ahead of July Q2 earnings.
Microsoft’s Azure grew 40%, Google Cloud 63% and AWS 28% in their latest quarters, while each company also reported cloud backlogs or obligations measured in the hundreds of billions.
The bullish case is that AI-driven infrastructure spending is starting to convert into faster revenue growth: Microsoft cited a $37 billion AI revenue run rate, Amazon said AWS hit its fastest growth in 15 quarters, and Alphabet’s cloud backlog topped $460 billion.
The main risk is that capital spending remains enormous—Microsoft spent $30.88 billion last quarter, Amazon $44.2 billion, and Alphabet guided 2026 CapEx at $175 billion to $185 billion—while free cash flow is under pressure.
July earnings are the next test, with investors watching whether Azure stays above 35% growth, Google Cloud keeps backlog momentum and AWS extends its acceleration beyond 28%.
As AI spending crushes cash flow, are hyperscalers building the future or just a bubble set to burst?
As nations race to build sovereign AI, will this splinter the global cloud and challenge American tech dominance?
Can the world’s power grid handle AI's colossal energy demands, or is a global energy crisis inevitable?
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Overview
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