A sell-off in semiconductor stocks occurred on Thursday after investors misinterpreted a potential shift by Meta Platforms toward cloud services as a sign of an impending AI hardware glut. According to research firm SemiAnalysis, this panic was unfounded. The firm stated that Meta's data center and compute procurement would actually accelerate, not decrease, contradicting market fears.
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Shares of cloud service providers fell sharply, with CoreWeave and Nebius dropping 14% and 17%, respectively. Major U.S. chip manufacturers, including Micron Technology, AMD, Intel, and SanDisk, also experienced declines ranging from 4% to 14%. The sell-off erased billions of dollars in market value from the semiconductor sector.
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Analysts from SemiAnalysis noted that Meta's capital expenditure in 2027 is expected to be
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