Five Big Tech giants have $1.65 trillion in AI debt hidden from their balance sheets, Nikkei analysis finds
Source: TechStartups.com · 2026-07-23
The race to dominate artificial intelligence is creating a financial reality that doesn't appear on the balance sheets of America's largest technology companies. A new analysis by Nikkei estimates that five U.S. tech giants, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle, have accumulated about $1.65 trillion in off-balance-sheet AI-related obligations, a figure that now exceeds their
The race to dominate artificial intelligence is creating a financial reality that doesn’t appear on the balance sheets of America’s largest technology companies. A new analysis by Nikkei estimates that five U.S. tech giants, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amaz... [6638 chars]