US EditionTech Giants Turn to Debt to Fund AI Data Centers
- Last week, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta and Amazon reported their 2025 capital expenditures would total roughly $370 billion and said spending should rise in 2026.
- At the start of this year, tech giants financed AI projects mostly with cash on hand, as the ten largest US public companies began 2025 with historically high free cash flow margins, Derek Thompson reported.
- The biggest spender last quarter was Microsoft, putting nearly $35 billion into data centers while reporting revenue up 33 percent year over year.
- Analysts question whether the heavy spending is sustainable as tech firms continue investing in AI infrastructure, and if upgrades come sooner than the six-year chip lifespan estimate, profitability and performance may suffer.
- A large share of capital has flowed into GPUs and data centers as AI-related stocks accounted for 75 percent of S&P returns and 80 percent of earnings growth, while Harvard economist Jason Furman said data-center investment drove nearly all US GDP growth in early 2025.
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