# Microsoft Prices $25 Billion Bond Sale as Tech Borrowing for AI Grows By John Kim Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/44327 Published: 2026-10-30T06:08:20.000Z Updated: 2026-10-30T06:08:20.000Z Section: Business > The 10-tranche offering is intended to support capital spending, share repurchases and general corporate needs. Microsoft priced $25 billion in senior unsecured bonds Thursday, Oct. 29, advancing a 10-tranche U.S. sale whose proceeds are intended to cover capital expenditures, share repurchases and broader corporate needs. The [company's earlier sale plan]() split the debt into 10 tranches, with maturities spanning two to 40 years. Net proceeds are intended for general corporate purposes. Technology-sector borrowing has grown alongside investment in AI infrastructure. By early May, Meta, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Oracle together represented more than 15% of U.S. investment-grade debt issuance, a backdrop to the [sector's AI-linked bond borrowing](). ## Links in this article - [company's earlier sale plan](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/43586) - [sector's AI-linked bond borrowing](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/30829)