Nvidia, Meta and Broadcom Back $300 Billion in AI Guarantees

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Nvidia, Meta Platforms, Broadcom and other technology companies have provided as much as $300 billion in guarantees supporting AI data centers and chips over the past year, a new financial risk that sits largely outside conventional debt. The structures typically guarantee a minimum future value for data centers or computing equipment owned by special-purpose entities, leaving the technology company responsible for part of the shortfall if those assets eventually fetch less than the guaranteed amount. Nvidia has agreed to provide as much as $105 billion of support for SB Energy's Ohio data-center campus serving OpenAI, while also backing as much as 25% of certain other financing packages using Nvidia hardware. Broadcom carries maximum exposure of about $29 billion from backing AI-rack leases connected to Anthropic, and Meta supplied a $28 billion guarantee supporting its Hyperion data-center venture with Blue Owl, helping the project raise $27 billion while keeping most of the obligation off its reported balance sheet. Morgan Stanley estimates seven major cloud and chip companies have accumulated more than $3.1 trillion in off-balance-sheet commitments and other credit support, a broader category than the $300 billion of guarantees themselves, and the risk surfaces if computing capacity becomes oversupplied, customers struggle financially, or rapidly improving chips cause older hardware to depreciate faster than expected.

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NVIDIA Corporation
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Nvidia agreed to as much as $105 billion of support for SB Energy's Ohio data-center campus serving OpenAI plus backing up to 25% of other financing packages, creating large contingent exposure.

Broadcom Inc
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Broadcom carries about $29 billion maximum exposure from guaranteeing AI-rack leases tied to Anthropic, an off-balance-sheet risk.

Meta Platforms Inc.
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Meta supplied a $28 billion guarantee for its Hyperion data-center venture with Blue Owl, keeping most of the obligation off its reported balance sheet.

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