[Alphabet Considers Issuing First Australian Dollar Bond, Debt Financing Becomes Core Funding Source for AI Infrastructure Expansion] BlockBeats News, August 17, according to Bloomberg, Google’s parent company Alphabet has hired banks to arrange its potential first Australian dollar bond issuance. One of the appointed banks, ANZ, confirmed in an email statement that the issuance may cover four maturities, with the longest reaching up to 20 years. This marks another move by U.S. tech companies flooding the credit market to raise funds for AI investments. Earlier this month, Alphabet issued $25 billion in U.S. dollar bonds and raised nearly $85 billion through equity financing. Combined with this Australian dollar bond plan, its financing channels for AI capital expenditures are rapidly expanding from the U.S. dollar market to global multi-currency markets. Previously, Morgan Stanley predicted that the global AI-related bond issuance scale would approach $570 billion by 2026, more than doubling from last year, with Alphabet being one of the most aggressive issuers. The capital expenditure for hyperscale cloud businesses continues to climb, and debt financing has become the core funding source supporting AI infrastructure expansion. [Original Link]