Buy these stocks as plays on Google’s big spending, analyst says
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Analysts steering investors toward chip and networking vendors instead of Google itself underscores where value is accruing—from AI capex, not just cloud margins. If you sell into hyperscalers, this is more evidence to prioritize capacity-enabling products over higher-level software bets.
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