Alphabet seeks $25B from latest bond sale as Big Tech’s AI spending spree accelerates

Alphabet is looking to raise up to $25 billion from its latest bond sale, according to Bloomberg News. The offering reportedly includes $17.5 billion in US notes and roughly €6.5 billion (about $7.48 billion) in European debt, spanning maturities from 3 to 50 years. The AI arms race has a price tag Alphabet has signaled plans to spend between $175 billion and $185 billion on capital expenditures in 2026, more than double the prior year’s figure. Alphabet isn’t alone in this strategy. Meta reportedly conducted a $30 billion bond offering, while Nvidia also tapped markets for $25 billion to fund its own AI investments. Investor demand for these tech bonds has remained remarkably strong, with offerings often oversubscribed by multiple times. What this means for crypto’s compute economy Alphabet has also invested approximately $1.5 billion in blockchain-related companies since 2021-2022. While none of those investments are tied to this particular bond sale, it signals that the company sees digital asset infrastructure as at least tangentially relevant to its broader technology strategy. There’s also an energy angle. Massive data center buildouts compete with Bitcoin miners for power re...