Meta Raises $15 Billion Through US Bond Sale
Meta has raised $15 billion in the US by selling bonds in five parts. The money comes as companies increasingly raise fresh outside funds to finance AI data centers, computing capacity and cloud expansion, instead of relying mainly on their own cash.
Quick glossaryMeta, bond sale, balance sheets, computing capacity
- Meta
- Meta Platforms is a US tech company best known for social media apps such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
- bond sale
- A way for a company to borrow money from investors, who get repaid with interest later on.
- balance sheets
- A company's financial summary listing what it owns and what it owes at a given time.
- computing capacity
- The total processing power a company has available to run software and handle heavy digital tasks.
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