Alphabet Returns to Euro-Bond Market as AI Borrowing Grows (4e9e240a-faad-41c1-b12b-90720f1d75e9; 9e9d741d-9f73-4d9f-a0a9-5847d0cc1da2)
AI · First reported 2 Nov, 11:23 · Updated 11:34
Alphabet has begun its second euro-bond sale this year, testing investor appetite amid concerns about the scale and cost of AI-related borrowing. Bloomberg reports that the offering has seven parts with maturities from two to 19 years; Semafor cites Morgan Stanley’s estimate that AI-related borrowing reached almost $500 billion through September. (4e9e240a-faad-41c1-b12b-90720f1d75e9; 9e9d741d-9f73-4d9f-a0a9-5847d0cc1da2)
- Alphabet has launched its second euro-bond sale this year. (4e9e240a-faad-41c1-b12b-90720f1d75e9; 9e9d741d-9f73-4d9f-a0a9-5847d0cc1da2)
- The offering spans seven parts and maturities from two to 19 years, according to Bloomberg. (9e9d741d-9f73-4d9f-a0a9-5847d0cc1da2)
- Morgan Stanley estimated AI-related borrowing at almost $500 billion through September, compared with $100 billion over the same period last year. (4e9e240a-faad-41c1-b12b-90720f1d75e9)
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- Issuer
- Alphabet, Google's parent company (4e9e240a-faad-41c1-b12b-90720f1d75e9; 9e9d741d-9f73-4d9f-a0a9-5847d0cc1da2)
- Euro-bond sales this year
- Second sale (4e9e240a-faad-41c1-b12b-90720f1d75e9; 9e9d741d-9f73-4d9f-a0a9-5847d0cc1da2)
- Offering structure
- Seven parts; maturities from two to 19 years (9e9d741d-9f73-4d9f-a0a9-5847d0cc1da2)
- AI-related borrowing estimate
- Almost $500 billion through September, versus $100 billion in the same period last year (4e9e240a-faad-41c1-b12b-90720f1d75e9)
- Earnings timing
- Bloomberg says the sale began less than a week after Alphabet's third-quarter earnings (9e9d741d-9f73-4d9f-a0a9-5847d0cc1da2)
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- An earlier Lux story concerned Chinese companies investing $13 billion in AI robotics for factory and logistics automation. (560fe4bb-68af-493e-aa81-dfe76f0a5234)
- Another earlier Lux story focused on investor attention around Apple earnings and wider tech-market concerns. (9e4c9864-0654-4bca-8d50-dde42f0dd719)
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