Off-balance-sheet financing of $120 billion! Tech giants team up with Wall Street to navigate AI infrastructure, with risks shifting towards private credit
To support the expensive AI computing power competition and maintain high-quality financial metrics, Meta, Oracle, xAI, and others have transferred over $120 billion in data center debt off-balance sheet through SPVs, attracting inflows from Wall Street and private credit. While this move protects ratings, it amplifies risks of opacity and potential contagion concerns, testing the sustainability of the AI boom