Big Tech’s debt drives credit risk


BIG Tech’s borrowing spree is set to keep reshaping credit markets in the months ahead, with the ripple effects likely to spread well beyond the companies funding artificial intelligence (AI) and data-centre expansion.

The flood of new debt from US technology giants could increasingly push up credit risk measures for some of the world’s highest-quality companies, even as overall corporate bond spreads remain close to historic lows, according to a recent Bloomberg report.

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