{"slug": "nvidia-credit-risk-jumps-in-swaps-market-on-ai-deal-talk-reports", "title": "Nvidia Credit Risk Jumps in Swaps Market on AI Deal Talk Reports", "summary": "The cost of protecting Nvidia Corp.'s debt against default surged by the most on record Monday after reports that the chipmaker is in conversations on more than $750 billion of artificial intelligence infrastructure deals, stoking fears of increased obligations. The price of five-year credit-default swaps rose as much as 0.14 percentage point to 0.82 percentage point a year, the biggest intraday rise since the swaps started trading in November, according to ICE Data Services.", "body_md": "(Bloomberg) -- The cost of protecting Nvidia Corp.'s debt against default surged by the most on record on Monday after reports that the chipmaker is in conversations on more than $750 billion of artificial intelligence infrastructure deals, stoking fears that the company is taking on even more obligations.\n\nMost Read from Bloomberg\n\n-\n[China Chipmaker CXMT Jumps 466% in Debut After Blockbuster IPO](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-26/china-memory-champion-cxmt-set-to-debut-after-9-8-billion-ipo?utm_campaign=bn&utm_medium=distro&utm_source=yahooUS) -\n[SpaceX at $100 Would Imply Zero AI Value, Morgan Stanley Says](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-24/spacex-at-100-would-imply-zero-ai-value-says-morgan-stanley?utm_campaign=bn&utm_medium=distro&utm_source=yahooUS) -\n[Stocks, Bonds Rise in Relief Rally as Oil Tumbles: Markets Wrap](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-26/oil-tumbles-as-us-and-iran-pause-military-strikes-markets-wrap?utm_campaign=bn&utm_medium=distro&utm_source=yahooUS)\n\nThe price of protecting Nvidia's debt against default for five years rose as much as about 0.14 percentage point to as high as around 0.82 percentage point a year on Monday, according to ICE Data Services. That's the biggest intraday rise since the swaps started to actively trade in November.\n\nA representative for Nvidia didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.\n\nNvidia is in discussions to provide a guarantee of as much as $250 billion to help OpenAI lease computing from a US data center project, in what would be among the chipmaker's biggest financing deals with a customer. The company also said an initiative with the parent of South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc. unveiled late Friday is worth more than $500 billion.\n\nMost Read from Bloomberg Businessweek\n\n©2026 Bloomberg L.P.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-credit-risk-jumps-in-swaps-market-on-ai-deal-talk-reports", "canonical_source": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-credit-risk-jumps-swaps-132725734.html", "published_at": "2026-07-27 13:27:25+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-27 14:22:29.885522+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-chips", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Nvidia Corp.", "OpenAI", "SK Hynix Inc.", "ICE Data Services"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-credit-risk-jumps-in-swaps-market-on-ai-deal-talk-reports", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-credit-risk-jumps-in-swaps-market-on-ai-deal-talk-reports.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-credit-risk-jumps-in-swaps-market-on-ai-deal-talk-reports.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-credit-risk-jumps-in-swaps-market-on-ai-deal-talk-reports.jsonld"}}