CoreWeave and other neoclouds, which rent out AI computing power, saw their stock prices fall as turbulence in debt markets hit. CoreWeave's bond yields reached 15%, and the cost to insure its unsecured debt rose, with credit default swap spreads at roughly 1,100 basis points, meaning about $110,000 a year to insure $1 million of debt. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said CoreWeave's financial strength is improving and that demand for AI compute is “off the charts,” while Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned that debt markets have almost entirely shut off access to money for neoclouds without substantial revenue outside AI data centers, predicting “death and consolidation” for many smaller players. The article argues that booming demand does not solve the financing problem, since most neoclouds have funded their build-outs almost entirely with debt, leaving little room for error and making lenders more likely to tighten credit.
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