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- 1AI spending drives record corporate bond issuance boom▼The AI gold rush is fueling a record corporate bond boom: Chart of the Day
Companies are borrowing at a record pace in the corporate bond market, and the surge is being driven by spending tied to artificial intelligence. Tech firms and related industries are raising huge sums to fund data centers, chips and infrastructure, pushing issuance to unprecedented levels. Market watchers are debating whether the boom reflects genuine demand or growing debt-fueled exuberance around the AI buildout.
- 2AI data centers' hidden environmental cost under scrutiny●The hidden environmental cost of AI data centers
Reporting by Deutsche Welle highlights the environmental toll of the data centers powering artificial intelligence, from heavy electricity and water consumption to carbon emissions and strain on local grids. As AI adoption accelerates worldwide, the infrastructure behind it is drawing growing criticism, with calls for transparency and stricter sustainability standards intensifying across the tech industry.