Microsoft Turns to Bond Market as AI Spending Grows
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Microsoft raising at least $25B in investment-grade debt for AI is a clear tell that hyperscaler capex is now being financed like long-lived infrastructure, not discretionary R&D. If you’re building on their stack, assume sustained price pressure on lower-margin services and richer incentives for workloads that drive GPU utilization.
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