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Deep & Emerging Tech·September 25, 2026·1 min read

Oracle Notice to Weigh on Data Center Debt, Morgan Stanley Says

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A single force majeure notice on a New Mexico AI data center is enough to make lenders reprice risk on the entire category—data center debt is no longer a sleepy infrastructure asset. If you're planning AI buildout with third-party facilities, assume tighter covenants, more diligence on power/water, and slower debt execution.

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Alibaba wants to expand data center capacity past 20 GW by 2032, says its new V900 AI chip can scale to 500,000-card clusters, but will 'China's most powerful AI chip' be enough to displace Nvidia GPUs?

Alibaba targeting >20 GW of capacity and 500,000-card V900 clusters shows China is building a parallel AI compute universe around domestic silicon. If you operate globally, plan for a bifurcated infra world—Nvidia-first in some markets, local accelerators plus custom software stacks in others.