[JPMorgan Raises Tech Bond Issuance Forecast, Annual Issuance to Exceed $500 Billion] BlockBeats News, August 8: JPMorgan predicts that the bond issuance scale of technology-related companies this year will exceed $500 billion. The bank has raised its 2026 debt issuance forecast for the technology, media, and telecommunications sectors from the previous $450 billion to $540 billion, citing increased spending by large tech companies driving the artificial intelligence investment cycle. A team led by JPMorgan strategist Erika Spier stated in a report on Friday that chip-backed financing will become "the next major frontier" in supporting AI infrastructure development, with its scale potentially "expanding to trillions of dollars" by the end of this decade. JPMorgan has identified seven investment-grade data center financing opportunities beyond the six projects already completed, with four expected to come from Oracle and OpenAI. The bank anticipates that Meta Platforms will return to the bond market after releasing its third-quarter earnings, while Microsoft is seen as "the biggest wildcard," potentially raising funds from bond investors for the first time since 2017. [Original Link]