BofA Sees AI Capex Boom in 2025, Backs Nvidia and Broadcom

May 12, 2025 11:16 AM - Parth Sanghvi

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Bank of America analysts reiterated a bullish outlook on data center and artificial intelligence capital expenditures for 2025 in a note on Friday, pointing to strong spending signals from major U.S. “hyperscalers.”

Key Highlights

Q1 hyperscaler spending reached $92.0 billion, narrowly missing projections of $93.8 billion.
BofA forecasts total AI capex of $414 billion in 2025 (up 44% from 2024) and $432 billion in 2026.
Top stock picks remain Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO), with AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) and Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) as compelling secondary plays.

Hyperscaler Signals

Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) have reaffirmed their 2025 capex plans.
Meta (NASDAQ:META) raised its guidance to $64-$72 billion (from $60-$65 billion).
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) kept its $105 billion capex outlook unchanged, while Marvell saw volume gains from AWS and others.

Despite concerns that China's DeepSeek AI launch could shift spending to leaner models, BofA sees overall capex momentum intact as hyperscalers expand their AI infrastructure.

Valuation Context

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