A filing points to a $20bn-$25bn debt raise, as shares fell nearly 10% after first-quarter results and Bloomberg said the company was targeting that range.
Investors focused on AI spending after Meta lifted capital-expenditure guidance to $125bn-$145bn from $115bn-$135bn, despite first-quarter revenue rising 33% to $56.3bn.
Analysts said Meta still relies heavily on advertising and lacks clear AI monetisation beyond it, even after a $30bn bond offering in October to help fund AI and data-centre expansion.
With AI profits uncertain, can Meta's advertising business afford this multi-billion dollar infrastructure gamble?
Is the tech industry's debt-fueled AI race creating a bubble that threatens to destabilize the financial system?
Can our planet's resources sustain the colossal energy and water demands of the escalating AI race?