{
  "id": 16087078,
  "title": "Neocloud short sellers rack up $6 billion as AI debt fears deepen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/neocloud-short-sellers-rack-up-6-billion-as-ai-debt-fears-deepen",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-22T17:13:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times - Top News",
    "slug": "the-economic-times-top-news",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/us-stocks/wall-street-guide/neocloud-short-sellers-rack-up-6-billion-as-ai-debt-fears-deepen/articleshow/135123634.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Short sellers betting against US neocloud and data centre companies have made about $6 billion in paper profits this month as AI debt fears trigger a sharp selloff. CoreWeave, Nebius, IREN, Applied Digital and Core Scientific face heavy short interest, highlighting growing concerns over debt-fuelled AI infrastructure spending.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}