Meta Shares Fall as Billion‑Dollar AI Investment Plan Sparks Investor Concerns

Meta Platforms disclosed plans for a massive AI infrastructure spend, targeting up to $145 billion in new capital with $72 billion earmarked for data‑center expansion through 2025. The announcement, reported by the Financial Times, triggered a wave of profit‑taking in the US tech sector. Within two days the stock slipped as much as 7 percent, closing at $593, its lowest level in nearly two months. Analysts linked the decline to investor wariness after a recent Anthropic warning about uncontrolled AI development and to the broader market reaction to large‑scale funding moves, such as Alphabet’s $80 billion capital raise and Berkshire Hathaway’s $10 billion stake acquisition. Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg reiterated the company’s ambition to outspend rivals like OpenAI, Google and xAI, but the scale of the proposed spend raised concerns about overcapacity and dilution of shareholder value.