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SoftBank seeks a record $40B loan against its OpenAI stake

development2026-03-08

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SoftBank is seeking a record $40 billion loan to finance its OpenAI stake, while Microsoft added $68 billion in physical assets in the second half of 2025, 57% of it GPUs and servers, and Oracle and OpenAI scrapped a Texas expansion leaving an opening for Meta.

Reported metric: $40B / $68B

Reporting date: 2026-03-08 (not necessarily the event date)

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SoftBank seeks a record $40B loan against its OpenAI stake
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Reporting date: 2026-03-08
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-03-08-softbank-seeks-40b-loan
Claim: SoftBank is seeking a record $40 billion loan to finance its OpenAI stake, while Microsoft added $68 billion in physical assets in the second half of 2025, 57% of it GPUs and servers, and Oracle and OpenAI scrapped a Texas expansion leaving an opening for Meta.
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- Welcome to March 8, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-march-8-2026
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