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Oracle (ORCL 2.24%) is compounding its debt issues by announcing another $40 billion in financing needs to build out AI infrastructure. Half of those funds will come from debt, which is already crushing at $120 billion.

On the surface, this makes sense given the remaining performance obligations, but I highlight in this video why this is a risk management may not be able to overcome if AI doesn't have an extraordinary payback.

*Stock prices used were end-of-day prices of June 15, 2026. The video was published on June 16, 2026.

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Travis Hoium
Travis Hoium is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst covering solar energy, technology, and growth stocks. Before The Motley Fool, Travis was a mechanical engineer at 3M and founded a virtual reality company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Minnesota.
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