Amazon swings to $42.4 billion free cash outflow as AI spending surges
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AWS posted its fastest growth in nearly five years, but investors focused on the bill for building it Amazon just showed that a business can grow fast and still worry its shareholders. The company’s free cash flow over the trailing twelve months swung to an outflow of $42.4 billion as of September 30, 2026. A year earlier, that same measure was an inflow of $14.8 billion. The culprit is a capital spending spree aimed squarely at artificial intelligence infrastructure, and Wall Street noticed. Shares closed down 4.3% on October 29, the day Amazon released its third-quarter results.
Source: Crypto Briefing
