https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/sources/asia.nikkei.com/ Browse aymeric's, an independent, searchable archive of readable snapshots from followed feeds, preserved in Git with aggr. en Tue, 3 Nov 2026 21:26:44 +0000 aggr https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/hnrss-org/2026-11-03-us-tech-giants-hidden-ai-debt-swells-90-to-3-2t-in-6-months/ urn:aggr:item:2e8d32c01e07ebdcac9114689c86699271737202 Tue, 3 Nov 2026 21:26:44 +0000 angry_impala Artificial intelligence Google, Meta, others' commitments and obligations reach 80% of assets An Amazon data center in the U.S. state of Indiana. Tech giants are pouring money into such AI infrastructure. © Reuters KOHEI YAMADA November 4,… <p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/artificial-intelligence">Artificial intelligence</a></p> <p>Google, Meta, others' commitments and obligations reach 80% of assets</p> <p><picture class="article-picture article-picture-fallback" style="--image-ratio:16 / 9"><img src="https://images.ft.com/v3/image/raw/https%3A%2F%2Fcms-image-bucket-productionv3-ap-northeast-1-a7d2.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com%2Fimages%2F9%2F1%2F3%2F4%2F13394319-2-eng-GB%2Faad3b104a912-photo_SXM2026103100004660.jpg?fit=cover&amp;gravity=faces&amp;dpr=2&amp;quality=medium&amp;source=nar-cms&amp;format=auto&amp;width=780" alt="20261103N AI data center" loading="eager" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" referrerpolicy="no-referrer" class="progressive-image"></picture></p> <p>An Amazon data center in the U.S. state of Indiana. Tech giants are pouring money into such AI infrastructure. © Reuters</p> <p>KOHEI YAMADA</p> <p>November 4, 2026 05:02 JST</p> <p>PALO ALTO, California -- U.S. tech giants' off-balance-sheet debt from artificial intelligence-related obligations continues to balloon, almost doubling in six months to about $3.2 trillion, with investors increasingly alarmed by seemingly unending spending.</p> news