05-05-2025
Global AI spend to rise 60% in 2025 even as Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta share drops: UBS
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Global artificial intelligence AI ) spending is projected to rise significantly in the coming years, with UBS estimating a 60% year-on-year increase in 2025, to $360 momentum is expected to continue in 2026, with a further 33% rise to $480 the share of spending attributed to the Big 4 tech giants — Microsoft Alphabet , and Meta — is anticipated to decline, falling from 58% in 2025 to 52% in report said "we expect global AI spend to increase by 60% y/y in 2025 to reach $360 billion and 33% in 2026 to reach $480 billion... We expect the combined share of these companies as a percentage of AI spend to rise from less than 20% in 2023 to more than 40% in 2025".It also highlighted that this broadening of AI spending across a more diverse set of players is a healthy development for the overall AI theme. A reduced concentration of investment among a few companies could eventually lead to less volatility in the market, the report outside the Big 4 is expected to reach a robust $150 billion in 2025. A significant portion of this is projected to come from China , which is likely to account for 35% of the total spend outside the Big to UBS, the rise in China's AI investments is being driven by the success of low-cost models such as DeepSeek, strong government support, and the growing use of AI in consumer-facing applications like e-commerce, social media, and report mentioned that the Neocloud providers — companies offering specialized AI-integrated cloud services — are also emerging as a key segment, expected to capture around 25% of the non-Big 4 AI spending in remaining spend is likely to come from other hyperscalers and enterprise or sovereign cloud providers, including players such as Oracle and UBS advises investors to continue monitoring guidance from the Big 4, the report emphasises that other AI-focused companies are now accelerating their investments and are crucial to the ongoing resilience of the sector.
