The AI Boom Isn’t Dying From Lack Of Demand. It’s Dying From The Cost Of Money.
Bond investors are demanding significantly higher yields on Meta’s latest $12B data centre financing compared to just nine months ago. This isn’t a demand problem — it’s a capital cost problem. The AI buildout depends on cheap money bridging the gap between massive capex and distant returns. As borrowing costs climb, the entire infrastructure thesis gets squeezed. The bond market is voting that AI’s promised returns are riskier and further away than the optimists claim.