Record October Bond Sales Driven by AI Borrowing

Global bond sales set a record in October 2026, fueled by an AI borrowing binge, Bloomberg reported on October 28. Bloomberg Intelligence expects tracked hyperscalers, the largest cloud operators, and neocloud firms, smaller AI computing providers, to invest almost $4.5 trillion. Investment-grade (lower-risk) funds, pensions and insurers hold these bonds, so the build-out's cost reaches savers indirectly.