When I look at Meta’s artificial-intelligence spending, I have two reactions. The first is admiration. Meta is one of the few companies on Earth with enough money, users, data, engineering talent and distribution to make a bet of this size without immediately requiring a rescue operation. If artificial intelligence becomes the foundation of the next computing era, Meta does not want to rent its future from somebody else. My second reaction is the financial equivalent of watching a neighbor begin construction on a private airport. I understand the ambition. I can even imagine why it might be useful. But I would still like to know how many planes are coming, when they are arriving and whether anyone has calculated the maintenance bill. Meta expects its 2026 capital expenditures, including principal payments on finance leases, to fall between $130 billion and $145 billion. That is up dramatically from the $72.22 billion it spent in 2025. At the midpoint of the new range, Meta could spend ...