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Alphabet reports quadruple net profit growth driven by AI demand and investment gains
Mainichi ENLO·US·about 6 hours ago
Major US technology firms have accumulated an estimated $1.65 trillion in off-balance-sheet liabilities, an eightfold increase over four years driven by aggressive AI infrastructure spending. This debt load now exceeds reported balance sheet figures, complicating risk assessment for investors and potentially obscuring the true leverage of Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle.