Hyperscalers turn to bond market to finance AI capital expenditures

Industry
โดย Bloomberg·Read original
Summary · why it matters

Hyperscalers are increasingly tapping the bond market to fund massive AI capital expenditures, according to Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Technology Credit Analyst Robert Schiffman. He notes a clear differentiation between top-tier corporate credits like Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Alphabet, and lower-rated names such as SpaceX and Oracle, with the former enjoying lower borrowing costs. To diversify funding, companies are issuing debt in alternative currencies like Canadian dollars, euros, and Swiss francs, with Alphabet even placing a 100-year bond in British pounds as a signal of balance-sheet strength. Schiffman also highlights the rise of private transactions and special purpose vehicles at the data-center level, which have raised tens of billions of dollars off the hyperscalers' anchor tenancies. With trillions of dollars in capex expected over the next few years, he anticipates more equity issuance, including converts and private placements, but emphasizes that the bulk of the spending will be financed by bondholders.

Impact on stocks 6

Artificial Intelligence▲ · 5 stocks
Amazon.com Inc
AMZN
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Amazon is a top-tier credit with lower borrowing costs, enabling cheaper debt financing for AI capex.

Alphabet Inc Class C
GOOG
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Alphabet issued a 100-year bond in British pounds, signaling balance-sheet strength and low-cost funding.

Meta Platforms Inc.
META
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Meta is a top-tier credit benefiting from lower borrowing costs to fund AI capex.

Microsoft Corporation
MSFT
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Microsoft is a top-tier credit with lower borrowing costs, enabling cheaper debt financing for AI capex.

Cloud & Digital Infrastructure▼ · 1 stocks
Oracle Corporation
ORCL
▼ NegativeCapitalrelevance

Oracle is a lower-rated credit facing higher borrowing costs compared to top-tier hyperscalers.

Theme Impact 3

Related news

IREN Fair Value Trimmed to US$79.03 as AI Cloud Wins Meet Build Out Risks

IREN's fair value estimate has been trimmed from US$80.93 to US$79.03, a modest adjustment reflecting a mix of growing AI cloud contracts and ongoing questions around execution and supply build out through 2027. The revision lifts revenue growth assumptions to 168.01% from 125.79% and net profit margin expectations to 11.73% from 5.79%, while the future P/E assumption drops to 31.26x from 90.29x and the discount rate rises to 9.41% from 8.83%. On the bullish side, JPMorgan shifted IREN from Underweight to Overweight with a US$65 price target, citing a partnership with Nvidia, new customer signings and higher industry pricing, while H.C. Wainwright raised its target to US$90 after IREN announced US$2.8b of new multi year AI cloud contracts and lifted its 2026 AI cloud annual recurring revenue target to more than US$4b. Northland initiated IREN at Outperform with a US$99 price target, and Freedom Capital upgraded the stock from Hold to Buy. Freedom Capital nonetheless flagged execution on supply additions over the next two years as a central risk, noting the story depends heavily on adding capacity on schedule.
IREN ▲JPM ▲
Artificial Intelligence ▲Cloud & Digital Infrastructure
Simply Wall St·11hRead more →
▲impact 4

Nvidia-Backed Nscale Files for US IPO After $1.02 Billion Loss

Nscale, the London-based AI data center developer backed by Nvidia and Microsoft, filed publicly for an initial public offering in New York, seeking to raise as much as $3 billion. The company reported a net loss of $1.02 billion on revenue of $140.6 million for the six months ended June 30, compared with a net loss of $368.9 million on revenue of $10.4 million a year earlier, according to its Friday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Spun off from a cryptocurrency mining operation in early 2024, Nscale was valued at about $14.6 billion in a March Series C round led by Aker ASA and 8090 Industries, with Nvidia and Nokia Oyj also participating. The company has agreed to add more than 30,000 Nvidia chips to an existing rental agreement with Microsoft at its Narvik, Norway gigafactory, and Anthropic has agreed to spend $45 billion to rent AI cloud computing power from its flagship West Virginia data center development. The offering is being led by Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley, with shares expected to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NSCL.
NVDA ▲MSFT ▲GS ▲JPM ▲MS ▲0MJX.LSE
Artificial Intelligence ▲Cloud & Digital Infrastructure
Bloomberg·13hRead more →
▼2impact 4

Goldman Sachs Warns S&P 500 Earnings Growth Set to Cool

Goldman Sachs Group expects the rapid rise in S&P 500 earnings to cool rather than reverse, saying several temporary forces are currently lifting profits. S&P 500 earnings per share rose 51% year over year in the second quarter, with growth over the past four quarters reaching 26%, a pace the firm said has pushed profits above their longer-term trend, though the index's forward price-to-earnings ratio has eased to 19 from 23 a year ago and now matches its 10-year average. Artificial intelligence spending is a major contributor, with Amazon, Meta Platforms, Microsoft and Alphabet expected to spend about $800 billion on capital projects this year, nearly double 2025 levels, and Goldman expects that earnings boost to fade as spending growth slows and depreciation rises. Semiconductor margins and gains from technology companies' investment holdings are also supporting earnings, and Goldman said weaker chip margins could cut S&P 500 earnings by about 10%, while investment gains that helped second-quarter profits are expected to contribute less in 2027.
GS AMZN GOOG META MSFT
Artificial Intelligence ▼Semiconductors ▼
GuruFocus·13hRead more →
© 2026 MarketDXNews