
Meta Platforms周二将其有史以来最大规模股权发行的计划规模上调至975亿美元,这家社交媒体巨头正利用公开市场积极扩张其AI基础设施。
Meta Platforms on Tuesday raised the planned size of its largest-ever equity offerings to $97.5 billion, as the social media giant taps the public market to aggressively expand its AI infrastructure.
这一融资计划属于AI公司中规模最大的之一,也吸引了英伟达、超威半导体和博通合计高达50亿美元的投资意向,用于认购A类普通股。
The fundraising plan, among the biggest by an AI company, has also drawn interest of up to $5 billion in total from Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices and Broadcom for Class A common shares.
这些芯片供应商帮助为其最大客户之一的扩张提供资金,加剧了人们对AI行业资本流动日益呈现循环性的担忧。Meta一直在向芯片和数据中心投入巨资,以更好地与OpenAI和Anthropic竞争。
Their funding interest adds to concerns about an increasingly circular flow of capital in the AI industry, as chip suppliers help finance the expansion of one of their biggest customers. Meta has been pouring money into chips and data centers to compete better with OpenAI and Anthropic.
Meta现在计划以每股625美元的价格发行普通股筹集250亿美元,高于周一披露的225亿美元。它还将2.5亿股可转换优先存托股份定价为每股50美元,发行总额为125亿美元。
Meta now plans to raise $25 billion in common stock at $625 per share, compared with $22.5 billion disclosed on Monday. It also priced 250 million convertible preferred depositary shares at $50 apiece, for a total offering value of $12.5 billion.
这家Facebook母公司的股价周一收盘下跌近2%,报630.56美元。周二股价下跌约1%。
The Facebook parent’s shares closed down nearly 2% at $630.56 on Monday. The stock was down about 1% on Tuesday.
这家社交媒体公司还有一个单独的计划,拟按现行市场价格分期出售最多600亿美元的股份。虽然Meta尚未敲定其“随时发行”计划的时机和条款,但预计将在其计划中的无投票权C类股于2027年第一季度开始交易后启动销售。
The social media company also has a separate program to sell up to $60 billion in shares over time at prevailing market prices. While Meta has not yet finalized the timing and terms for its at-the-market offering, it expects the sale to begin after its planned non-voting Class C shares start trading in the first quarter of 2027.
威廉·布莱尔公司分析师周一表示:“我们预计投资者将继续质疑其融资安排以及未来进一步融资的可能性。”
“We expect investors to continue to question the financing and potential for future capital raises,” William Blair analysts said on Monday.
“总体而言,我们认为此次融资强化了Meta对AI投资长期回报的信心,也凸显了追求这一机遇日益资本密集的性质。”周二,英伟达和超威半导体分别宣布向Meta的股权发行投资30亿美元和10亿美元。
“Overall, we believe the financing reinforces both Meta’s confidence in the long-term returns from AI investment and the increasingly capital-intensive nature of pursuing that opportunity.”On Tuesday, Nvidia and AMD separately announced investments of $3 billion and $1 billion, respectively, in Meta’s equity offering.
Meta 最新的融资进一步凸显了企业的一种转变:在过去依靠现金为投资提供资金后,越来越多的公司开始利用债务市场和增发股票来强化其 AI 基础设施。Alphabet 曾在 6 月将其股权发行规模增至 847.5 亿美元。
Meta’s latest fundraising further underscores a shift among companies increasingly tapping debt markets and raising equity to bolster their AI infrastructure, after previously relying on cash to fund their investments. Alphabet had increased its equity offerings to $84.75 billion in June.
SpaceX 周一表示,Apollo Global Management 的一家关联公司将购买 AI 芯片和服务器硬件,并将其租赁给这家从火箭业务拓展至 AI 领域的公司,交易的本金支付总额约为 400 亿美元。
SpaceX on Monday said an affiliate of Apollo Global Management will buy AI chips and server hardware and lease them to the rockets-to-AI firm, in a deal with total principal payments of about $40 billion.
烧钱 Meta 承诺未来将支出约 8250 亿美元,主要受数据中心、AI 相关基础设施和云算力投资不断增长的驱动。但这种激进扩张已侵蚀了其历史上强劲的自由现金流。
Burning cash Meta has committed to spending about $825 billion in the future, driven primarily by growing investments in data centers, AI-related infrastructure, and cloud computing power. But the aggressive expansion has eroded its historically strong free cash flow.
公司报告称,第三季度现金消耗达 21.2 亿美元,这是十多年来首次出现负自由现金流,而去年同期为 106.3 亿美元的正现金流。
The company reported a $2.12 billion cash burn in the third quarter, its first negative free cash flow in over a decade, compared with a positive cash flow of $10.63 billion a year ago.
尽管如此,其面向消费者的 AI 智能体 Muse 早期受欢迎,加上发布了一系列有竞争力的新 AI 模型,已在一定程度上为 Meta 的激进投资提供了理由。
Still, the early popularity of its consumer-focused AI agent Muse and release of a competitive new series of AI models have helped partly justify Meta’s aggressive investments.
William Blair 分析师表示:“我们相信 Meta 最终将打造出一项盈利的 AI 业务,其长期回报应有助于公司实现多元化发展,尽管这一路径可能并非线性的。”
“We believe that Meta will ultimately produce a profitable AI business and its returns longer-term should help the company diversify, although the path may not be linear,” William Blair analysts said.
根据其最新季度文件,截至 9 月 30 日,公司拥有 824.5 亿美元的现金、现金等价物和有价证券,以及 809.2 亿美元的长期债务。
The company had $82.45 billion in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities and $80.92 billion in long-term debt as of September 30, according to its latest quarterly filing.
上周,Meta 将全年资本支出预测的下限上调至 1350 亿至 1450 亿美元。
Last week, Meta raised the lower end of its annual capital expenditure forecast to $135 billion to $145 billion.
公司表示,将于 2027 年 1 月发行 C 类普通股,实际上实施两股拆一股,以资助收购和留住顶尖人才,同时保持 CEO 马克·扎克伯格的控制权。
The company said it would issue Class C common stock in January 2027, effectively creating a two-for-one split, to fund acquisitions and retain top talent while maintaining CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s control.
Meta同意授予扎克伯格C类股份,以便他出售这些股份来帮助支付潜在的加州亿万富翁财富税,作为交换,扎克伯格承诺留在加州。
Meta agreed to grant Zuckerberg Class C shares he can sell to help pay a potential California billionaire wealth tax, in exchange for his commitment to remain in California.