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Outstanding Indebtedness
ORACLE CORP · 2026-10-01 · Importance 56 · Surprise 24 · In source text
A third-party profile described Oracle as carrying approximately $130 billion of debt associated with its AI data-center expansion. The same report said off-balance-sheet lease commitments materially increase the company’s financing burden relative to equity. The reported leverage is tied to data-center construction for customers including OpenAI. Rising interest rates were identified as a pressure on the debt-funded buildout.
Key facts
- Vanity Fair reported that Larry Ellison saddled Oracle with $130 billion in debt to build AI data centers for clients like OpenAI. source
Impact estimates
| metric | direction | stage | expected | basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| liability | negative | contingent | -7.5% | Vanity Fair reported that Larry Ellison saddled Oracle with $130 billion in debt to build AI data centers for clients like OpenAI. |