Technology
Charted: The Surging Value of the Magnificent Seven (2000-2024)
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The Surging Value of the Magnificent Seven (2000-2024)
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The Magnificent Seven are some of the largest companies in the U.S. stock market today, but things looked quite different back in 2000.
At that time, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Nvidia had a combined value of just $244 billion. Alphabet (Google) was still a private company, and Meta (Facebook) and Tesla weren’t even founded yet.
In this visualization, creator Ehsan Soltani looks at the market capitalization of these prominent technology companies over the last few decades using data from CompaniesMarketCap.com as well as Yahoo Finance.
Market Capitalization Over Time
As of July 2024, the Magnificent Seven companies are worth $15.4 trillion combined. The below table shows their market capitalization from 2000 to 2024 in billions of dollars.
Year | Apple | Microsoft | Nvidia | Alphabet | Amazon | Meta | Tesla | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | 5 | 231 | 2 | - | 6 | - | - | 244 |
2001 | 8 | 358 | 6 | - | 4 | - | - | 376 |
2002 | 5 | 277 | 1 | - | 7 | - | - | 290 |
2003 | 8 | 295 | 3 | - | 21 | - | - | 327 |
2004 | 26 | 291 | 4 | 53 | 18 | - | - | 392 |
2005 | 61 | 272 | 6 | 123 | 20 | - | - | 481 |
2006 | 73 | 292 | 13 | 141 | 16 | - | - | 536 |
2007 | 174 | 332 | 19 | 217 | 39 | - | - | 780 |
2008 | 76 | 173 | 4 | 97 | 22 | - | - | 372 |
2009 | 191 | 269 | 10 | 197 | 60 | - | - | 727 |
2010 | 297 | 235 | 9 | 190 | 81 | - | 3 | 814 |
2011 | 378 | 218 | 8 | 209 | 79 | - | 3 | 895 |
2012 | 500 | 224 | 8 | 232 | 114 | 63 | 4 | 1,143 |
2013 | 501 | 311 | 9 | 375 | 183 | 139 | 19 | 1,536 |
2014 | 643 | 382 | 11 | 360 | 144 | 217 | 28 | 1,784 |
2015 | 584 | 440 | 18 | 528 | 318 | 297 | 32 | 2,216 |
2016 | 609 | 483 | 58 | 539 | 356 | 332 | 34 | 2,411 |
2017 | 861 | 660 | 117 | 729 | 564 | 513 | 52 | 3,496 |
2018 | 746 | 780 | 81 | 724 | 737 | 374 | 57 | 3,500 |
2019 | 1,287 | 1,200 | 144 | 921 | 920 | 585 | 76 | 5,133 |
2020 | 2,255 | 1,681 | 323 | 1,185 | 1,634 | 778 | 669 | 8,525 |
2021 | 2,901 | 2,522 | 735 | 1,917 | 1,691 | 922 | 1,061 | 11,749 |
2022 | 2,066 | 1,787 | 364 | 1,145 | 857 | 320 | 389 | 6,928 |
2023 | 2,994 | 2,794 | 1,223 | 1,756 | 1,570 | 910 | 790 | 12,037 |
2024 | 3,405 | 3,109 | 2,878 | 2,111 | 1,945 | 1,211 | 741 | 15,400 |
Source: CompaniesMarketCap.com, Yahoo Finance. 2024 data is as of July 31, 2024.
Since 2012, the first year all seven companies were public, the Magnificent Seven has grown 13.5 times larger. Nvidia has seen the highest relative growth, with its market cap jumping 360 times larger over the same time frame. Nvidia’s size is especially impressive when you compare its market cap to other chipmakers.
At the other end of the scale, Apple’s market cap has only grown seven times higher since 2012. This smaller relative jump is because Apple was already worth $500 billion by the end of 2012, while Nvidia was only worth $8 billion at the time.
Recent Performance
Fast forward to 2024, and the Magnificent Seven companies are major players in the U.S. stock market. They drove 49% of the S&P 500’s total gains in the first half of 2024.
However, their performance has taken a downturn in recent weeks amid recession fears and concerns about overspending on AI. On top of this, Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway sold half of its stake in Apple, and reporters said Nvidia’s newest AI processor could be delayed due to production issues.
Some market analysts have argued that the recent dip indicates a potential buying opportunity, since the Magnificent Seven companies are now at lower valuations.

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Technology
Ranked: Google’s Thirstiest Data Centers
Locating and ranking the thirstiest of Google’s data centers in America, by the millions of gallons of water consumed in 2023.

How Much Water do Google’s Data Centers Use?
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This map locates Google’s data centers that consume the most water in America. Data is sourced from Google’s 2024 Environment Report.
Why do data centers need water? It’s because computer servers generate significant heat that must be dissipated to maintain performance.
As a result, water is used in chiller plants, evaporative cooling systems, and humidification to manage temperature levels.
Ranked: Google’s Thirstiest Data Centers
Google’s data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa consumed nearly 1 billion gallons of water in 2023, by far the most by any single complex listed in their report.
All of that water was potable, i.e., safe for drinking.
Rank | Location | State | Water Used 2023 (Gallons) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Council Bluffs | IA | 980M |
2 | Mayes County | OK | 815M |
3 | Berkeley County | SC | 763M |
4 | Douglas County | GA | 346M |
5 | Lenoir | NC | 337M |
6 | The Dalles | OR | 302M |
7 | Montgomery County | TN | 289M |
8 | Leesburg | VA | 173M |
9 | Henderson | NV | 159M |
10 | Jackson County | AL | 142M |
11 | Midlothian | TX | 136M |
12 | Papillion | NE | 135M |
13 | New Albany | OH | 127M |
14 | Sterling | VA | 56M |
15 | Ashburn | VA | 55M |
16 | Lockbourne | OH | 23M |
17 | Lancaster | OH | 8M |
18 | Storey County | NV | 0.2M |
The data center complexes in Mayes County, Oklahoma and Berkeley County, South Carolina are the next “thirstiest,” using 750–800 million gallons of water a year.
These top three locations are well-above their counterparts across the U.S., and the rest of the world in water usage.
Together all of Google’s data centers used nearly more than 6 billion gallons of water in 2023, the equivalent of 41 golf courses.
Do Google’s Data Centers Drink Water?
Technically, data centers don’t actually “consume” all the water they use. Most of it is circulated in a closed-loop cooling system, with some loss.
However these numbers are from Google’s Sustainability Report, which specifies the water it’s withdrawn from the supply, discharged, and “consumed,” with the latter visualized here.
Also in drier areas, water is actively used to control humidity by evaporation which means it is being lost to the surroundings.
Finally, heated water returned to the ecosystem can have an adverse environmental impact.
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The other thing data centers need a lot of: electricity. Check out Data Center Electricity Consumption by State for a breakdown.
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