Japan's SoftBank Group said on Monday it plans to issue 1 trillion yen ($6.29 billion) of seven-year corporate bonds aimed at individual investors.
Companies across Asia are stepping up investment in AI infrastructure.
Chinese e-commerce and cloud computing company Alibaba launched a $10.2 billion share placement on Sunday to invest in its full stack AI capabilities.
The issuance is SoftBank's largest ever and nearly twice the size of its previous record - a 600 billion yen offering issued in April 2025.SoftBank is expected to announce the final terms of the bond issuance on September 4.
