Verizon Stock Jumps as $1B Google AI Deal Sparks Billion-Dollar Growth Outlook
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Verizon Stock Jumps as $1B Google AI Deal Sparks Billion-Dollar Growth Outlook Nauman Khan Fri, July 24, 2026 at 2:38 PM EDT 1 min read VZ This article first appeared on GuruFocus . Verizon Communications ( NYSE:VZ ) shares climbed about 4% on Friday after the telecom company said it secured a fiber infrastructure agreement with Alphabet's Google (GOOGL) valued at more than $1 billion. Verizon said the long-term agreement will provide dark fiber connectivity linking Google's data centers as demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure continues to expand. The company expects the project to support AI data center, compute cluster and regional network connectivity. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 3 Warning Signs with VZ. Is VZ fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. During the earnings call, Verizon said the Google agreement is expected to be the first of several AI infrastructure contracts. Management said additional deals could be announced before year-end and may generate multiple billions of dollars in revenue over the coming years. Verizon also said it is repurposing some central offices into inference edge data centers to support AI workloads. Separately, Verizon reported second-quarter earnings of $1.30 per share on revenue of $34.3 billion. Analysts had expected earnings of $1.27 per share and revenue of $35.1 billion. The company also raised its full-year adjusted EPS outlook to $4.99 to $5.04 from its prior range of $4.95 to $4.99 and increased its share repurchase target to as much as $4.5 billion after repurchasing $3.5 billion of stock during the first half of the year.
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Verizon Communications (VZ) stock jumped 4%. This is likely due to the company\'s partnership with Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) worth over $10 billion for AI infrastructure. Verizon anticipates this deal to support AI data centers, compute clusters, and regional network connectivity. Additionally, Verizon believes this contract may lead to multiple announcements by year-end and potentially generate tens of billions of dollars in revenue.
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- Artificial Intelligence — Verizon\'s partnership with Alphabet Inc. is expected to support AI data centers, compute clusters, and regional network connectivity.
- Semiconductors — Verizon\'s stock price increase is expected to drive up the semiconductors market.
- Electric Vehicles — Verizon\'s stock price increase is expected to drive up the electric vehicles market.
- BioTech — Verizon\'s stock price increase is expected to drive up the BioTech market.
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