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Emeritus Prof Christopher May
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

Ha ha, a number of Big Tech firms have moved around $120bn of debt being used to build AI-focussed data centres off their balance sheets into special purpose vehicles (SPVs) funded by banks & other investors.

Why would they do that?

Well, one key reason would be it (at least partly) inoculates them from any coming AI-related financial crisis - leaving the risk of default with the SPVs if the bubble bursts & AI-related income fails to cover debt payments!

#BigTech #AI #FinancialCrisis
h/t FT

#financialcrisis #bigtech #ai
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@Cyclist@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

@ChrisMayLA6

Why would banks and investors want to take that risk on?

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