Global tech companies will lay off almost 130,000 people in 2026 — up to a third of the cuts because of SI
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Part of the work is already done by machines, and companies are moving money from salaries into data centers: SI is becoming the foundation of the industry.
According to Layoffs.fyi, cited by CNews, that is more than the 122,600 in 2025; 6,300 jobs were cut in the first 10 days of September alone. Oracle cuts the most (21,000, 13% of its staff), followed by Amazon, Dell, Meta and Microsoft; from a quarter to a third of the layoffs are tied to automation and the adoption of SI. Meanwhile Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta will spend about $725 billion on infrastructure, mostly for SI, over the year.
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