Tech companies dominated the list of the world’s 10 largest foreign investors.
TSMC led the ranking with $100 billion in announced investment tied to its Arizona expansion.
DAMAC Holding, a Dubai-based luxury property developer, committed $24.6 billion in foreign capital expenditure in 2025, ranking sixth globally and ahead of Microsoft, which invested $17.7 billion.
The surprising part is where that money went.
DAMAC invested in data centers, not housing. That puts a company best known for luxury residential towers ahead of one of the world’s largest technology firms in a foreign-investment ranking.
Meanwhile, Only greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) announcements are included, meaning mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and intercompany loans are excluded.
The biggest commitments of 2025 did not always come from traditional technology companies. They increasingly came from businesses that moved quickly into AI infrastructure, regardless of where they started.
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| wdt_ID | wdt_created_by | wdt_created_at | wdt_last_edited_by | wdt_last_edited_at | Rank | Company | Capital Expenditure (billions $) | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | 1 | TSMC | 100.0 | Tech |
| 2 | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | 2 | ByteDance | 45.1 | Tech |
| 3 | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | 3 | MGX Fund Management | 43.4 | Finance |
| 4 | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | 4 | Brookfield Asset Management | 28.2 | Finance |
| 5 | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | 5 | Alphabet | 25.1 | Tech |
| 6 | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | 6 | DAMAC Holding | 24.6 | Real Estate |
| 7 | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | 7 | Iberdrola | 24.3 | Utilities |
| 8 | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | 8 | Microsoft | 17.7 | Tech |
| 9 | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | 9 | Woodside Energy | 17.5 | Energy |
| 10 | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | Patience | 16/10/2026 03:54 PM | 10 | Micron Technology | 16.6 | Tech |
Source:
fDi Report 2026 via FT Locations.
