US convertible bond issuance hit $34 billion in early 2026, with half linked to AI firms. CoreWeave, Amazon, and others race to fund data center buildouts.

The world's largest and most cash-rich companies find that they too need investors to finance the AI buildout.

Firms like Nvidia need heaps of cash to build out the AI infrastructure they’ve promised. Plus: Commercial solar power, San Francisco real estate, an apple farmer, and Fed press…