EconomyFrom debt to dilution: AI buildout faces a funding test
Meta Platforms said it would issue a new class of non-voting shares to finance AI and raised the lower end of its 2026 capital-spending plan to $135 billion. The article says AI infrastructure spending now exceeds what operating cash flow can support, shifting financing from bonds to equity and diluting existing shareholders. Markets are testing whether the money will arrive before returns do.
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From debt to dilution: AI buildout faces a funding test
Economy