CFO Briefing

Alphabet’s Landmark Debt Sale Is Reshaping Corporate Bond Market

And the Google parent is just one of the so-called hyperscalers tapping the bond market.

Signage at the Google Midlothian Data Center in Midlothian, Texas, US, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.Photographer: Jonathan Johnson/Bloomberg

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By Heather Landy and Micah Barkley

February 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM UTC

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