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Borrowed Time: How Rising Rates Reach the AI Build-Out

L2 · PractitionerIndustry & BusinessAI Supremacy· 10/12/2026

Explains how broader economic conditions impact AI tool availability and sustainability for practitioners.

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Rising interest rates and macroeconomic pressures are creating significant headwinds for Big Tech's massive AI infrastructure build-out and capital expenditures.

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Guest post: Big Tech is borrowing and leasing its way through the AI boom. Higher rates, the midterms and the war will show who can afford to keep going.

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