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Big tech borrows more for AI as future lease and guarantee commitments draw scrutinyMachine translation

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A market analysis says big tech's AI spending relative to the size of the economy is following the path of the 1990s telecom boom, while the companies are borrowing heavily to fund it. It says Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, Nvidia and Broadcom have taken on more than $3 trillion in future leases and guarantees; if AI returns disappoint, their obligations may exceed what their balance sheets suggest.

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按占经济规模的比重衡量,科技巨头的人工智能支出正沿着与1990年代电信业繁荣相同的轨迹增长,而且就在这些公司开始大量举债为其筹资之际,支出增速也在加快。

更大的风险敞口并未体现为债务。亚马逊、Alphabet、微软、Meta、甲骨文、英伟达和博通承担了超过3万亿美元的未来租赁和担保义务,其中大部分是在过去2年承担的。因此,如果人工智能带来的回报不及预期,它们可能欠下远超资产负债表所显示的金额。

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美联储发布金融稳定报告 > 人工智能如今是华尔街面临的首要金融风险。纽约联储调查的市场专业人士中,87%提到了这一风险,高于春季的50%。 > 美联储表示,“市场对超级智能的热情”是股票估值如此之高的部分原因。 > 截至10月,为人工智能基础设施筹集的债务已超过6800亿美元,约为2023年全年的5倍,约占投资级企业借款的31%。 > 科技巨头和芯片制造商还承担着超过3万亿美元的未来租赁和担保义务,因此它们在人工智能领域的实际风险敞口可能远大于报告的债务。 > GPU制造商为其出售给人工智能公司的芯片价值提供担保,还经常投资这些买家,从而形成“循环融资”。 > 美国最大的几家银行对科技巨头、数据中心建设商及为其提供融资的载体有近1万亿美元的风险敞口。 > 超大规模云服务商的支出占GDP的比重可能很快超过1990年代电信业繁荣时期的水平。
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Fed releases financial stability report > AI is now the top financial risk for Wall Street. 87% of the market pros the New York Fed polled named it, up from 50% in spring. > The Fed says “market enthusiasm for super intelligence” is part of why stock valuations are so high. > Debt raised for AI infrastructure passed $680B by October. That’s about 5x all of 2023 and about 31% of investment-grade corporate borrowing. > Big tech and chipmakers also carry over $3T in future leases and guarantees, so their real AI exposure may be far larger than their reported debt. > GPU makers guarantee the value of the chips they sell to AI firms and often invest in those same buyers, which creates “circular financing.” > The largest US banks have close to $1T of exposure to big tech, data center builders and the vehicles that finance them. > Hyperscaler spending as a share of GDP may soon pass the 1990s telecom boom.

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