Wall Street just declared the cheap-money era of the AI build-out over.
Neoclouds are effectively shut out of the bond market. CoreWeave paper trades at 15%+ yields. Nebius shelved its bond deal — and its CEO says it's turning to CUSTOMER PREPAYMENTS to fund its build instead.
That's the whole game now. This phase won't be won by who borrows the biggest — it'll be won by who gets funded by their customer.
That is exactly
$AIB's model:
• 12-year, 50 MW contract with $NBIS — signed BEFORE the build
• Funded by customer prepayments + project debt underwritten on the contract itself, not on hope
• Nebius escrow already received — the build clock is already running
• No new common-share dilution needed for CLT-01
The borrow-first neoclouds now have to pivot to survive this market. AIB started there.
Lenders are still funding contracted megawatts. They're done funding promises.
$AIB $NBIS $CRWV
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