Nearly half of US data center bonds this year are junk-rated, flagging AI credit stress

Nearly half of US data center bonds issued this year carry junk ratings, according to Crypto Briefing. The trend points to financial instability in the AI infrastructure buildout that underpins much of the current tech and crypto mining boom. Traders should watch credit conditions in this sector, since tighter or costlier financing could slow data center expansion and the compute capacity crypto and AI firms rely on.