An AI 'debt bomb' crisis? No. This isn't Enron 2.0 Gene Marks

Is there a pending AI'debt bomb' crisis? Fears of a datacenter buildout debt crisis are exaggerated. Sun 23 Aug 2026 10.00 EDTLast modified on Sun 23 Aug 2026 10.01 EDT 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. I know because I've seen this movie before. It works like this: Meta wants to build a datacenter to accommodate its growing AI and cloud computing needs.