capital-intensive
adjective
cap·i·tal-in·ten·sive
ˈka-pə-tᵊl- in-ˈten(t)-siv 
ˈkap-tᵊl-
: having a high capital cost per unit of output
especially
: requiring greater expenditure in the form of capital than of labor
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CFOs should manage its economics with the rigor applied to other capital-intensive investments.
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Kiran Palla, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Their goal is to secure the billions of dollars required for their capital-intensive projects to build artificial general intelligence, a broadly capable computer system that is smarter than humans at all cognitive work.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Demand for SiC has grown sharply, supply, however, has struggled to keep pace as SiC wafer production is capital-intensive, yield-sensitive, and constrained by a limited number of qualified substrate suppliers globally.
—Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026
This is why, over the next five years, Aii plans to invest at least 20 factories annually to implement capital-intensive, technologically advanced climate solutions capable of delivering high-impact emissions reductions.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
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Kiran Palla, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Their goal is to secure the billions of dollars required for their capital-intensive projects to build artificial general intelligence, a broadly capable computer system that is smarter than humans at all cognitive work.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Demand for SiC has grown sharply, supply, however, has struggled to keep pace as SiC wafer production is capital-intensive, yield-sensitive, and constrained by a limited number of qualified substrate suppliers globally.
—Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026
This is why, over the next five years, Aii plans to invest at least 20 factories annually to implement capital-intensive, technologically advanced climate solutions capable of delivering high-impact emissions reductions.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
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“Capital-intensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capital-intensive. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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