Projections placed annual data center power additions from AI at 104 GW by 2030, up from 9 GW in 2024
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Meta's AI infrastructure financing
The gist
Latest: Meta's $15B Bond Sale Draws $58B Orders as AI Capital Campaign Tops $97B
Meta is committing capital at a scale that required tapping both equity and debt markets simultaneously, with projected AI spending exceeding $740 billion over three years. S&P's negative credit outlook reflects the tension between that spending pace and Meta's current cash flow position.
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The full picture
Meta completed a $15 billion bond sale in early November 2026, drawing $58 billion in orders, approximately 3.9 times the deal size. The dollar tranche was part of a broader $20-25 billion debt raise that also included Meta's first euro-denominated bonds, with 30-year notes priced at roughly 250 basis points over Treasuries, about 0.9 percentage points higher than Meta's April issuance. S&P cut Meta's credit outlook to negative, citing the company's $135-145 billion capex guidance and negative free cash flow last quarter. With the bond sale, Meta now ranks third among Big Tech bond issuers since 2025 with about $70 billion raised in debt, behind Alphabet and Amazon.
The debt raise follows a large equity campaign completed in late October. Meta upsized a common stock offering from $22.5 billion to $25 billion at $625 per share, and priced $12.5 billion in mandatory convertible preferred stock, with investor demand running at roughly five times available shares. The 15 largest investors accounted for about 70 percent of the equity deal. The common shares are structured as forward agreements, with Meta expecting to collect approximately $24.9 billion when they settle on or before November 19, 2027. Including a planned $60 billion at-the-market program tied to a 2-for-1 stock split in January, Meta's total equity raise targets approximately $97.5 billion.
How it developed
First in the edition · 4 November 2026
Meta priced a $15 billion bond sale in early November 2026 drawing $58 billion in orders across dollar and euro tranches, while S&P cut its credit outlook to negative amid 2026 capital expenditure guidance of $135 billion to $145 billion and negative free cash flow.
Long-term debt reached $83.7 billion after rising approximately $25 billion in the first half of 2026, alongside roughly $825 billion in lease and contract commitments. Q3 revenue of $64.6 billion beat the $63.4 billion estimate but EPS of $3.83 missed the $6.80 consensus by roughly 44 percent.
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Sources
Milk Road AI on X
- Meta is going back to the bond market to pay for AI, and investors are lining up to lend.
- Meta sells ~$95B in equity to fund AI infrastructure, with chip suppliers buying in
- Meta raises record $97.5B equity offering with chip suppliers buying in
- Meta's $25B+ Equity Raise for AI Infrastructure Is Oversubscribed Five Times Over
- $NVDA is investing $3 billion into
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