"New Stock God" Serenity: Google's $80 Billion Financing Could Benefit Micron, TSMC, and Other Upstream Ecosystem Companies
On June 2, "New Stock God" Serenity posted that they did not anticipate Google’s parent company Alphabet needing to finance $80 billion for AI capital expenditures, supported by Berkshire Hathaway for the AI infrastructure build-out of large-scale cloud service providers. This financing includes a $40 billion ATM issuance plan, $30 billion in stock and related securities issuance, along with a $10 billion investment from Berkshire. Serenity believes that Alphabet's ramp-up in AI capital expenditures might be bullish for upstream ecosystems, including Lumentum (LITE), Broadcom (AVGO), MediaTek, TSMC (TSM), Micron (MU), and other supply chain firms. However, they also pointed out that for Google shareholders, the impact may not necessarily be positive, as such massive capital expenditures are not entirely backed by free cash flow.