Blackstone flags hidden risk in AI boom as Pimco warns of $10 trillion spending bill: What's the catch?
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- ✓Blackstone and Pimco warned that the AI boom faces a massive financing challenge.
- ✓Blackstone President Jon Gray said the next phase of AI infrastructure development would require greater reliance on equity financing.
- ✓Pimco chief executive Emmanuel Roman noted that AI-related investment could reach approximately $10 trillion over five years.
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The artificial intelligence boom is creating an enormous financing challenge for the global financial system, with Blackstone warning that lenders could become increasingly exposed to the companies driving the expansion even as investors question whether markets can absorb the scale of spending.
Blackstone President Jon Gray said the next phase of AI infrastructure development would require greater reliance on equity financing, as banks and other lenders face growing concentration risks from their exposure to major technology companies.
Speaking at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit on Tuesday, Gray said the scale of investment needed to build data centres and support computing capacity was creating fresh challenges for debt markets.
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