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舉債燒錢未獲利!「輝達親兒子」CoreWeave成AI拋售導火線
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舉債燒錢未獲利!「輝達親兒子」CoreWeave成AI拋售導火線

費城半導體指數連跌8日,CoreWeave作為AI生態系脆弱環節面臨市場拋售壓力

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受超大型雲端公司財報影響,輝達持股的CoreWeave股價一週內暴跌近25%。投資人擔憂其高達500億美元的債務與循環融資模式,恐在資料中心建設放緩下引發償債危機,加劇AI類股的恐慌性拋售。

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超大型雲端服務公司財報顯示資料中心計畫延遲,資本支出成長放緩。CoreWeave作為AI基礎設施提供商,其營運高度依賴債務融資與輝達等客戶的循環安排。

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費城半導體連續8個交易日下跌,創2008年10月以來最長跌勢紀錄,而有「輝達親兒子」之稱的新型雲端服務公司(neoclouds)CoreWeave則是引爆這波人工智慧(AI)類股恐慌性拋售的導火線之一。

路透報導,在超大型雲端服務公司第3季財報暗示,資料中心計畫將延遲、資本支出成長亦將放緩後,輝達持股10%、市值390億美元的CoreWeave股價開始暴跌。

憂心的投資人將矛頭指向CoreWeave等新型雲端公司,認為他們是AI生態系中最脆弱的環節,因其大規模舉債為資料中心所需的晶片、土地與能源融資,而這些資料中心只有在未來才能產生收益。

過去一週,CoreWeave股價暴跌近25%,而其2030年到期的債券殖利率則跳漲500個基點至近16%。

儘管CoreWeave執行長因特雷托(Mike Intrator)告訴員工,市場有時可能「誤解,做出非理性反應」,但公司仍掌握強勁AI需求的優勢。然而,投資人關注的是其高達500億美元的債務,及其深陷輝達與Meta、OpenAI等客戶之間的循環融資安排。

Marlborough固定收益投資組合經理人艾希(Jame Athey)說,「問題在於巨大的相互關聯性,不僅是循環融資,也在於這些資產全都被同類投資人押在相同地方、相同投資組合。槓桿效應總是將小事釀成風暴,終至成更大的禍患」。他意指更廣泛的AI不確定性。

CoreWeave、Nebius、Lambda Labs、Applied Digital、Iren、Crusoe與TeraWulf等公司正興建高耗能的資料中心,然後將其租賃給開發、運作AI模型的公司。在租賃業務展開之前,需要龐大的前期投資,且幾無收入。根據LSEG彙編的數據顯示,CoreWeave從未獲利。

CoreWeave強調,其達成的未實現交易額遠高於債務。其第2季未實現交易達1042億美元,而第3季初則已取得250億美元的新訂單承諾。

不過,Coreweave的燒錢速度過快,去年其年營收51億美元,淨虧損12億美元。儘管預計今年營收翻倍,但資本支出預計成長4倍至350億至390億美元之間,顯示今年將燒更多資金。

避險基金Index & Cie投資長李歐達里(Tommaso Leodari)說,Coreweave的營收成長依賴的是債務融資而非股權融資,因此若其資產使用出現狀況,比如資料中心建設放緩,都將引發償債問題,影響投資人信心。

Open Questions

  • CoreWeave是否能順利取得後續融資以支撐資本支出?
  • 輝達是否會介入支持其合作夥伴的財務狀況?

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