[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-sp-cuts-oracle-to-one-step-above-junk":10,"sections":34},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":29,"feedback":33,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":33,"total_tokens":33},4789,"sp-cuts-oracle-to-one-step-above-junk","S&P Cuts Oracle to One Step Above Junk","A $250 billion data-center buildout has pushed Oracle to BBB-, making it the second-largest non-financial corporate debt issuer in the US.","Oracle's credit rating just slipped to the edge of junk territory.\n\nS&P downgraded Oracle to BBB- on July 9, leaving the company one notch above non-investment-grade status. The culprit is a $250 billion data-center expansion plan that is consuming cash faster than the business generates it. Oracle now carries $117 billion in outstanding debt, making it the second-largest non-financial issuer in the Bloomberg US Corporate Bond Index — behind only Amazon. Shares fell on the news.\n\nThe downgrade matters because BBB- is the last rung before junk, a threshold that forces many institutional funds to sell. If Oracle slips further, it could face higher borrowing costs at exactly the moment it needs cheap capital most — a feedback loop that could constrain the very expansion it is betting its future on.\n\nOracle is essentially wagering that AI infrastructure demand will grow fast enough to justify the debt load before the debt load becomes the problem. That is the same bet hyperscalers have been making for years, but Oracle is running it with a thinner credit cushion than any of them.","[\"oracle\",\"cloud\",\"ai\",\"finance\"]","2026-07-16T19:59:08.000Z","2026-07-16T20:56:28.127Z","2026-07-16T20:56:30.984Z","published",null,[],"ai",[26,27,24,28],"oracle","cloud","finance",[30],{"name":31,"url":32},"The Next Web","https:\u002F\u002Fthenextweb.com\u002Fnews\u002Foracle-sp-downgrade-ai-spending-junk-risk",0,{"sections":35},[36,39,44,49,54,59,64,69,74,79,84,89,94,99],{"name":37,"slug":24,"count":38,"latest_published_at":18},"AI",2597,{"name":40,"slug":41,"count":42,"latest_published_at":43},"Security","security",302,"2026-07-16T19:28:33.000Z",{"name":45,"slug":46,"count":47,"latest_published_at":48},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":50,"slug":51,"count":52,"latest_published_at":53},"Policy","policy",165,"2026-07-16T22:02:31.000Z",{"name":55,"slug":56,"count":57,"latest_published_at":58},"Hardware","hardware",126,"2026-07-16T20:09:48.000Z",{"name":60,"slug":61,"count":62,"latest_published_at":63},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",94,"2026-07-16T16:29:46.000Z",{"name":65,"slug":66,"count":67,"latest_published_at":68},"Software","software",71,"2026-07-16T15:33:28.000Z",{"name":70,"slug":71,"count":72,"latest_published_at":73},"Science","science",66,"2026-07-10T10:29:37.000Z",{"name":75,"slug":76,"count":77,"latest_published_at":78},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",60,"2026-07-16T16:59:13.000Z",{"name":80,"slug":81,"count":82,"latest_published_at":83},"Startups","startups",42,"2026-07-16T16:30:35.000Z",{"name":85,"slug":86,"count":87,"latest_published_at":88},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":90,"slug":91,"count":92,"latest_published_at":93},"General","general",29,"2026-07-10T22:28:58.000Z",{"name":95,"slug":96,"count":97,"latest_published_at":98},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":100,"slug":101,"count":102,"latest_published_at":103},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]