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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

Global finance watchdog warns over private credit industry fuelling AI boom

Server rack cables and LED lights at T-Systems datacentre in Germany
AI firms have increasingly turned to private lenders to fund datacentres and other infrastructure, Photograph: Thomas Trutschel/Photothek/Getty Images

The private credit industry’s role in fuelling the AI boom could backfire, with a sharp correction leading to “sizeable” losses, the Financial Stability Board has warned.

A new report on private credit by the global watchdog, which monitors financial authorities including central banks in 24 countries, found that the healthcare, services, and tech sectors have become the biggest borrowers of private credit.

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