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In this interview, Ackman pointed out the distinction between maintenance capex and growth capex. A retail business forced to spend heavily to renovate stores just to remain competitive is engaging in value-destroying maintenance. On the other hand, the billions being spent by $MSFT and $AMZN on data centers and...

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and when that compute is obsolete in 4 years? They won't need to invest more to sustain that growth?

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Yes! A lot of people seem to forget this. Also couple this with the very high ROIC% rate which demonstrates the capex will generate future cash flows.

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