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This wave of the AI boom exhibits dual characteristics: On a micro level, the heavy-asset nature of AI data centers is driving the industry toward "real estate-like" debt financing models, such as corporate bonds, private credit, and computing power ABS. On a macro level, nearly $2 trillion in overseas excess savings is flowing into core AI assets in the U.S. stock market through private institutions, reconstructing a transnational capital cycle reminiscent of the period before the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis. With nearly $3 trillion in off-balance sheet debt and rising interest rates, the industry is facing an impending major liquidity test.

On Tuesday, Asian tech stocks faced a new round of systemic sell-off as the overnight weakness in the US semiconductor sector spread to the Asia-Pacific market. Concerns intensified over increasingly fierce competition due to the technological breakthrough by Chinese memory chip manufacturer ChangXin Memory Technologies, as well as worries about the returns on AI capital expenditure and the overall financing environment.

Morgan Stanley stated that SpaceX's upcoming 15th Starship flight mission could mark an important step toward making its next-generation rocket fully reusable, potentially expanding the company's opportunities in satellite communications and artificial intelligence (AI) sectors.