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The year of tech companies tapping the debt markets to fuel their AI ambitions is far from over, and debt issuance is already busting through Wall Street projections, with five months left to go in 2026.
Quick insight:The numbers surrounding 2026 debt issuance border on mind-blowing.
In a new research note from Goldman Sachs strategist Amanda Lynam on Wednesday, she estimated that $489 billion of AI-related debt has been issued this year.
That's already above Goldman's estimate of $322 billion for how much of this debt came to market last year.
About 40% of this year's AI-related debt supply has been issued directly by hyperscalers.
Data center financing and other parts of the tech ecosystem have also contributed.
This year, Amazon (AMZN) has raised about $53 billion in debt, including a $37 billion US bond offering and more than $16 billion in euro-denominated bonds.
Alphabet (GOOG,GOOGL) has issued roughly $20 billion in bonds.
Oracle (ORCL) has raised about $25 billion to fund its aggressive AI expansion.
Meta (META) has also tapped debt markets in a big way, following its roughly $30 billion bond offering late last year with additional financing tied to AI infrastructure projects.
"We expect a range of financing markets will ultimately be required to satisfy the multi-year funding needs related to the AI build-out," Lynam explained.
"This includes various parts of the syndicated credit markets (investment grade, high yield, loans), the private markets (especially infrastructure), new 'project finance' style joint venture structures, and various regional bond markets (across currencies).
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