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An AI ‘debt bomb’ crisis? No. This isn’t Enron 2.0 | Gene Marks

The Guardian Business · 23 August 2026 at 15:00

An AI ‘debt bomb’ crisis? No. This isn’t Enron 2.0 | Gene Marks

Fears of a datacenter buildout debt crisis are exaggerated.

The risks are different than in the past and they are recoverable Some experts are warning of a looming “debt bomb” crisis because big datacenter builders such as Meta , Oracle , xAI and CoreWeave are not only raising billions to construct these facilities but are also not recognizing these long-term debt obligations on their balance sheets.

Should we be concerned? No.

I know because I’ve seen this movie before.

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An AI ‘debt bomb’ crisis? No. This isn’t Enron 2.0 | Gene Marks

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