SoftBank shares tumble 10.8% as credit risk hits 4-year high on AI bet worries
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-11-07
SoftBank trades as a proxy for AI spending via its $64.6B OpenAI stake, 90% of Arm, and data-center builder SB Energy. Shares fell 10.8% Friday as credit risk hit a 4-year high. It borrowed at record yields to fund the OpenAI stake while OpenAI's IPO slipped to 2027; SB Energy's IPO filing projects $439B in contracted revenue despite operating no data centers and depending heavily on OpenAI. Democratic governors in hosting states may slow development — about one-third of planned 2027-2028 US data-center capacity sits in those states, though most 2027 projects have secured power and chips.
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