Alphabet to Raise $80 Billion in Stock Sale, Receives $10 Billion Investment from Berkshire Hathaway

Alphabet Plans $80 Billion Capital Raise to Meet Record AI Infrastructure Demand

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has announced plans to raise $80 billion through a series of stock sales, anchored by a $10 billion private investment from Berkshire Hathaway. The technology giant is accelerating spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure to meet surging customer demand that has outpaced its current computing capacity.

The fundraise, announced on Monday, will channel proceeds into expanding the company's global computing infrastructure at a time when appetite for its AI products, across both enterprise clients and individual consumers, is running well ahead of available supply. Alphabet said the capital will "fund investments in its world-class AI compute infrastructure to meet its unprecedented customer demand." The company added that it is "experiencing strong demand for its AI solutions and services from enterprises and consumers, at levels that are exceeding the company's available supply," and that "by scaling its investments, the company seeks to expand its foundational infrastructure to support the significant growth opportunity ahead."

This capital raise follows a candid assessment by Alphabet's chief executive, Sundar Pichai, who in April identified computing capacity as the company's most urgent operational constraint. When asked what keeps Google's leadership awake at night, Pichai cited "compute capacity," posing the question: "Be it power, land, supply chain constraints, how do you ramp up to meet this extraordinary demand for this moment?"

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At the same time, Alphabet revised its capital expenditure forecast for the current year upward to between $180 billion and $190 billion, from an earlier projection of between $175 billion and $185 billion. This increase is part of a broader trend of industry-wide investment at historically unprecedented levels.

Combined capital expenditure from these four companies is expected to surpass $700 billion this year, with Wall Street analysts projecting that total AI infrastructure spending across the sector could exceed $1 trillion by 2027.

Alphabet has also tapped debt markets to support its buildout. The company completed a global bond issuance of more than $30 billion in February, followed by a further raise of approximately $11 billion in sterling and Swiss francs from European markets. Those exercises came after a $25 billion bond sale in November.

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The $80 billion will be raised across three distinct tranches. Berkshire Hathaway will contribute $10 billion through a private stock purchase. A further $30 billion will be secured through underwritten offerings, of which $15 billion will be structured as "depositary shares representing mandatory convertible preferred stock." The remaining $40 billion is expected to be raised through an at-the-market offering programme covering Class A and Class C shares, a process anticipated to commence in the third quarter of the year.

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley are acting as joint book-running managers for the underwritten portion of the deal. Goldman Sachs is also serving as placement agent for the private placement with Berkshire Hathaway.

Berkshire Hathaway has committed $10 billion to Alphabet in its largest recent technology investment. The conglomerate agreed to purchase $5 billion of Alphabet's Class A shares at $351.81 apiece and a further $5 billion of Class C stock at $348.20 per share. This transaction builds upon a position Berkshire has been assembling since the third quarter of 2025, when it first disclosed its Alphabet stake by acquiring approximately 17.8 million shares.

The $10 billion commitment signals Berkshire Hathaway's deepening conviction in Alphabet's centrality to the AI sector, spanning search, cloud computing, and digital infrastructure. This investment approach is part of a broader shift under the leadership of Greg Abel, who succeeded Warren Buffett as Berkshire's chief executive. Abel appears willing to commit significant capital to technology companies as the conglomerate seeks productive deployment for the nearly $400 billion cash reserve it held at the end of March.

Alphabet's share price has more than doubled over the past 12 months, outperforming every one of its megacap technology peers as investors have rewarded the company's AI investments and the commercial returns generated through upgrades to its Gemini platform. The stock retreated in extended trading on Monday following the announcement of the capital raise.