AI debt spree by Amazon, Alphabet, Nvidia deepens Treasury yield pressure at 25-year high
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A record flood of bond sales by hyperscalers for artificial intelligence is taxing the US Treasury market's ability to absorb debt, adding to pressure on long-term borrowing costs already at a 25-year high. Investment-grade companies have sold nearly $1.5 trillion of bonds this year, a 36% jump from a year earlier.
Key Facts
- The Treasury's long-term borrowing costs have climbed to a 25-year high, pushing rates higher across the financial system.
- Nomura Securities estimates the biggest technology companies' roughly $200 billion of borrowing equals about 25% of the Treasury's net issuance of notes and bonds to private investors, five times the 2025 level.
- Amazon.com and Alphabet have raised their AI spending forecasts, and Nvidia is working with Wall Street firms to raise another $500 billion for AI.
- Tony Rodriguez, head of fixed-income strategy at Nuveen Asset Management, said issuers are competing with more borrowers, so yields have to be higher.
AI Borrowing Surge
Investment-grade companies have sold nearly $1.5 trillion of bonds this year, a 36% increase from a year earlier, putting them on pace to eclipse the record set in 2020. Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc. have raised their spending forecasts, while Nvidia Corp. is working with Wall Street firms to raise another $500 billion for AI. Nomura Securities estimates the roughly $200 billion borrowed by the largest technology companies equals about 25% of the US Treasury's net issuance of notes and bonds to private investors. That share is five times larger than in 2025.
Treasury Market Pressure
The Treasury's long-term borrowing costs have risen to a 25-year high, elevating rates across the financial system. Tony Rodriguez, head of fixed-income strategy at Nuveen Asset Management, said: "Whoever's issuing, be it a government or a hyperscaler or a non-hyperscaler credit, is now competing with more borrowers, and therefore yields have to be higher." US government deficits are running at levels unprecedented outside of a crisis, and the inflationary jolt from the war in Iran is seen as the primary force behind rising bond yields. The AI borrowing spree is taxing the market's ability to absorb debt, adding to the yield pressure.
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AI debt spree by Amazon, Alphabet, Nvidia deepens Treasury yield pressure at 25-year high
