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The hidden ledger under the AI boom: how five US tech giants have moved $1.65tn off-balance-sheet
Off-balance-sheet exposure at five US technology majors has roughly eightfold in four years to about $1.65tn, Nikkei Asia reported, fuelling a debate over how much of the AI build-out is funded with debt the rating agencies cannot see.

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