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Meta announced a $50 billion data center expansion, a headline big enough to reset expectations about its capital spending and infrastructure footprint. Schwab Network paired that with two counterpoints: SK Hynix sliding in U.S. trading, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) showing a June revenue spike ahead of earnings, a tidy reminder that demand for servers cascades through the chip supply chain. For investors, the real question is whether those dollars buy more advertising reach and artificial intelligence (AI) compute, or simply heavier depreciation and margin pressure.