Meta goes back to the bond market for up to $25B more in AI cash
Days after S&P moved its outlook to negative, Meta launched a $20-25B dollar-and-euro bond sale to keep funding its $135B+ AI build-out.
Meta is borrowing again. On Tuesday it launched a $20–25 billion bond sale, roughly two-thirds in dollars and one-third in euros. The dollar leg is about $15 billion across five tranches with maturities of 5 to 30 years. Alongside it comes Meta's first-ever euro-denominated bond. That follows a $25B bond sale in April, which drew $96B in peak orders.
The timing is the interesting part. Last Friday S&P cut Meta's outlook to negative (rating still AA-), citing uncertainty over its capex and negative free cash flow, which came in at about -$2.1B last quarter. Meta's answer was to raise its 2026 capex guidance to $135–145B and announce a $95B equity plan last week. Bond buyers are getting pickier: initial guidance on the 30-year was 250 bps over Treasuries, and investors want bigger premiums on AI debt. Microsoft, Oracle and Alphabet have all tapped the market in the past week too.
Why it matters: the AI arms race now runs on debt and dilution, not just ad cash, and the price of that money is going up.
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- Meta bond sale targets up to $25 billion for AI spending cnbc.com
- Meta seeks at least $20 billion in bond sale as AI debt boom accelerates investing.com
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