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美银、花旗、摩根士丹利安排630亿美元Anthropic芯片租赁,博通为转售价值兜底

美国银行、花旗和摩根士丹利将为一家新设载体安排优先级债务;该载体购买博通XPU芯片并出租给Anthropic,首批交付定于2027年。博通还承诺为芯片转售价值提供担保,额度以优先级债务规模为上限——这份承诺把残值风险转移到了芯片制造商身上。

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2026年,博通首席执行官陈福阳出席彭博科技峰会。在这笔630亿美元的Anthropic租赁交易中,这家芯片制造商正为自家XPU的转售价值提供担保。

在美国银行−0.04% — 美国银行, down 0.04 percent today、黑石+0.79% — 黑石, up 0.79 percent today、花旗+0.48% — 花旗, up 0.48 percent today和摩根士丹利+3.01% — 摩根士丹利, up 3.01 percent today今晚宣布的630亿美元融资中,博通+3.65% — 博通, up 3.65 percent today将为自家芯片的转售价值提供担保1。一家新设载体将采购博通XPU加速器——即博通定制的AI芯片——再出租给Claude系列模型背后的AI实验室Anthropic$350B — Anthropic, private, latest valuation $350B12。第一留置权贷款由前述三家银行安排;管理资产近1.4万亿美元的资产管理公司黑石,则是唯一承诺出资的第二留置权贷款方1。首批算力交付定于2027年启动1。

上头条的是规模,真正的故事则藏在新闻稿的下一行:博通将向该载体提供残值支持,金额相当于第一留置权部分1。说白了,抵押品的卖家正在为这些抵押品日后的价值打包票。

优先级贷款人的求偿,绕不开博通

设立这家特殊目的实体(SPV)的目的只有一个:持有芯片,并以芯片为抵押举债。新闻稿将这笔融资描述为承诺性融资,用于支持采购博通XPU AI加速器及网络解决方案,随后出租给Anthropic1。

这笔借款如何偿还、租约到期时假设芯片还值多少钱,新闻稿均未交代1。一旦某一代XPU的贬值速度快过债务摊还,优先级贷款人能追回的金额便以博通的承诺为上限,而这份承诺的规模又与第一留置权部分相当1。

这些银行承销的既是Anthropic,也是博通首席执行官陈福阳1。博通此前已同意直接向Anthropic提供最高420亿美元的贷款,相关债务可转换为Anthropic股份2。

S-1文件解释了贷款方为何要这份承诺

Anthropic同日递交的IPO招股书显示,这家承租方付得起钱3。上半年营收达到163亿美元3。807亿美元的净亏损大部分来自可转换工具的非现金费用,并非真金白银流出公司;第二季度,公司还首次实现季度营业利润3。

与之相对的,是未来约十年内超过5000亿美元的基础设施投入承诺,而公司许多客户按用量付费3。招股书将这一战略命名为Anthropic Direct:Anthropic自建数据中心,再从合作伙伴手中租回算力,相关承诺自9月底前后启动4。新载体正是这场转向的融资端。

630亿美元新租约加入Anthropic已然庞大的算力盘子

$0B$50B$100B$150B现金及短期投资(2026年6月)$131.7B五年期TPU租赁承诺$125.2B新增SPV租赁融资(10月26日)$63B博通对Anthropic的授信额度$42B
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现金及短期投资(2026年6月)$131.7B
五年期TPU租赁承诺$125.2B
新增SPV租赁融资(10月26日)$63B
博通对Anthropic的授信额度$42B
各柱为已承诺或持有的金额,单位为十亿美元。现金及短期投资为2026年6月末的时点余额,其余三项均为多年期承诺或授信安排。TPU即张量处理器(tensor processing unit),是谷歌设计的AI芯片。1,2,3,4

投资者已在为这一结局买入保险

电信设备制造商朗讯科技(Lucent Technologies)上世纪90年代末曾靠向自家客户放贷拉动销售5。据《财富》杂志报道,这些贷款的资金开始以新增收入的面目出现在朗讯的利润表上,而那些凶险的债务却作为“优质资产”趴在资产负债表中5。2002年10月,该股见底,报55美分5。市场正在为这笔交易的AI版本对冲风险。

信用违约互换(credit default swap,简称CDS)是在借款人违约时向买方赔付的合约。9月,针对包括博通和英伟达+2.65% — 英伟达, up 2.65 percent today在内的AI相关主体的CDS,周成交量平均超过90亿美元6;7月,这一周度数字还不到20亿美元6。数据来自摩根士丹利研究部门,而该行正是今晚安排第一留置权融资的三家银行之一16。我们昨天已梳理过这一保险的累积过程。

首批芯片出货前,该盯什么

招股文件里的算力需求是真实的,这一轮扩建也配得上眼下投向它的资本3。尚无人定价的问题是:面对一份需多年摊还的租约,一代AI芯片会以多快的速度贬值——因为根本不存在可供询价的二手XPU市场。2027年首批交付之前1,值得盯住博通的CDS——它是那一篮子主体之一6——以及二手市场出现的任何迹象。融资结构本身就说明:仅凭抵押品,贷款方并不放心。

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