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Per CNBC, the company's shares plunged 10% following the pricing of a $10.2 billion share placement intended to fund its expanding AI infrastructure and deployment. The steep decline highlights ongoing investor sensitivity regarding the sheer scale of capital expenditures required to maintain competitiveness in the global AI landscape. As technology companies rush to build out infrastructure, financial markets are increasingly scrutinizing the immediate cost of funding these long-term technological bets. Meanwhile, the capital race continues to highlight structural regional divides in tech deployment. 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