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AI infrastructure operators face a duration mismatch crisis: specialized compute companies have secured 5-year debt facilities while underlying customer contracts average 3 years, creating a refinancing risk window between 2028-2030. Silicon manufacturing commitments nearly doubled to 95.2 billion dollars in Q4 FY2026, while downstream operators like CoreWeave and Nebius carry floating-rate debt at SOFR plus 4.50-5.50 percent backed by depreciating hardware collateral, amplifying vulnerability to spot compute price compression.