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AI: like a debt machine
Credit and rates markets are reacting negatively, or reeling, due to the constant increase in issuance of debt by hyperscaler companies. This financial trend is discussed alongside a comparison that characterizes AI as being like a 'debt machine'.
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- AI-related debt jumped 99% over the past year. It’s a ‘shock to the system’ for investors.
- The AI boom is increasingly built on debt, but investor demand is plunging just as hyperscalers ramp up their bond blitz
- Hyperscaler AI borrowing binge shakes up foreign credit markets
- Riskiest Junk Debt Is Lagging as Investors Continue to Fret About Software Firms’ AI Future