Financing costs for artificial intelligence infrastructure are mounting as bond yields for cloud provider CoreWeave have topped 16%, according to a report by CNBC. Often referred to in the industry as an AI "credit card" due to the heavy debt and financing required to build out massive data centers and purchase specialized hardware, the rising yields highlight the increasing expense of funding the ongoing AI boom. The development underscores growing financial pressures on companies heavily reliant on debt to fuel their artificial intelligence infrastructure expansions.