Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Alphabet all topped Wall Street revenue forecasts on Wednesday. However, aggressive capital spending plans triggered after-hours selloffs and pressured tech-correlated risk assets.

Meta dropped 6% after raising its 2026 capital spending guide, while Microsoft and Amazon slipped on AI buildout costs. Alphabet was the lone gainer, lifted by cloud strength.

Big Tech Q1 Earnings Show Cloud Driving the Growth

Amazon reported first-quarter net sales of $181.5 billion, up 17% year over year. Earnings per share came in at $2.78 against a $1.62 estimate. The retailer guided second-quarter sales to between $194 billion and $199 billion, well above consensus.

Microsoft’s fiscal third-quarter revenue reached $82.89 billion, up 18% year over year, while operating income climbed to $38.4 billion. Microsoft’s AI business now runs at a $37 billion annualized revenue rate, up 123% year over year.

Meta posted $56.3 billion in revenue and earnings of $10.44 per share. The figure was boosted by an $8 billion one-time tax benefit.

Alphabet delivered $109.9 billion in revenue. Google Cloud sales of $20 billion topped Wall Street estimates by nearly $2 billion.

*AMAZON 1Q NET SALES $181.52B, EST. $177.23B*AMAZON SEES 2Q NET SALES $194.0B TO $199.0B, EST. $189.15B*META 1Q REV. $56.31B, EST. $55.51B*META SEES 2Q REV. $58B TO $61B, EST. $59.56B*MICROSOFT 3Q REV. $82.89B, EST. $81.46B*MICROSOFT 3Q OPER INCOME $38.40B, EST. $36.9B…

— MartyParty (@martypartymusic) April 29, 2026

AI Capex Push Past $650 Billion Spooks Investors

The headline figure is the spending. Meta raised full-year 2026 capital spending guidance to between $125 billion and $145 billion. The company cited higher component costs and added data center capacity for AI workloads.

Combined 2026 capex across the four hyperscalers is on track to exceed $650 billion, according to industry estimates. Investors are increasingly worried that depreciation and operating costs will outpace near-term AI revenue contributions.

If you are investing in companies like $IREN, $CRWV, or $NBIS, your entire thesis sits on capturing part of this hyperscaler-driven expansion.The Big Four (Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft) plan to invest over $600bn in capital expenditures for 2026, about a 62% increase from… pic.twitter.com/jJ5tYmZBnG

— mon (@moninvestor) April 12, 2026

That tension explains the after-hours moves. Meta’s 6% slide and Microsoft’s 2.5% drop reflect a market more focused on payback timelines than on top-line beats.

META, AMAZON, Microsoft, and Google Stock Performance

META, AMAZON, Microsoft, and Google Stock Performance. Source: TradingViewCrypto Markets Watch the Risk-Asset Spillover

Bitcoin (BTC) has tracked the Magnificent 7 closely throughout 2026. Wednesday’s prints will help shape near-term sentiment across digital assets.

Big Tech Earnings Week Ahead!Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon release Q1 figures this week.$BTC correlation with Nasdaq 100 has climbed to 0.52 in 2025, with one analyst noting it hit 0.75 in January 2026.AI capex commentary from these giants could trigger significant… pic.twitter.com/GS8uIOKHvW

— BeInCrypto (@beincrypto) April 26, 2026

Cloud and AI strength may eventually support tokens tied to compute and decentralized infrastructure narratives.

However, persistent capex anxiety could drag tech-correlated risk assets, including Bitcoin and Ethereum (ETH), into May. Apple’s report and the PCE index are next on the calendar.

The coming sessions will show whether investors treat this $650 billion spend as discipline or as overreach.

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