The accelerating AI buildout faces significant headwinds as corporate debt becomes more expensive, with widening credit spreads signaling increased investor caution and default risk. This trend is particularly stressful for heavily indebted ‘neocloud’ companies, but also raises concerns for larger cloud hyperscalers despite some protective circular financing arrangements.<\/p>\n
Experts predict further spread widening into 2027, potentially failing to compensate investors for risk, and warn that the substantial use of debt and interconnected financing could lead to a sector-wide bust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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