• In early February 2026, Broadcom announced the industry’s first enterprise Wi‑Fi 8 access point and switch platform, built on its new BCM49438 accelerated processing unit and Trident X3+ BCM56390 Ethernet switch to support AI-ready, multi-gigabit enterprise networks with unified security and analytics.

• The launch, combined with very large AI infrastructure spending plans from hyperscalers such as Alphabet and Amazon, underscores Broadcom’s role at the center of both custom AI accelerators and next‑generation networking needed to handle expanding AI workloads.

• We’ll now examine how Broadcom’s exposure to hyperscalers’ expanding AI capital expenditure reshapes its investment narrative and long-term growth drivers.

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To own Broadcom, you have to believe its role in custom AI accelerators and high‑end networking stays central as hyperscalers pour hundreds of billions of dollars into data centers. The Wi‑Fi 8 access point and Trident X3+ switch launch fits neatly into that story by extending Broadcom’s AI exposure from cloud cores to enterprise edges, but it is unlikely to be the key near term share price driver compared with Google and Amazon’s capital spending or the $21 billion TPU order backlog. Instead, it slightly strengthens the bull case around long term growth in AI networking, while the main near term catalysts remain Q1 2026 earnings, AI revenue growth and any updates on hyperscaler demand. The biggest risks still sit with valuation, high leverage and potential swings in big customers’ spending plans.

But there is a less comfortable side to that hyperscaler dependence that investors should recognize. Broadcom’s shares are on the way up, but they could be overextended by 12%. Uncover the fair value now.

Forty one Simply Wall St Community fair value estimates span roughly US$260 to US$535, underscoring how differently people see Broadcom. Set against rich earnings multiples and reliance on outsized AI budgets, it is worth weighing how quickly sentiment could shift if those spending plans change.

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