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Musk Claims SoftBank Defaulting on Gas Turbine Orders

Elon Musk said Friday that SoftBank is defaulting on gas turbine orders, posting the claim on X without providing evidence. The remark came as AI infrastructure stocks sold off broadly and SoftBank shares fell 10.8%. Musk was replying to a post by Katie Miller that revived his January 2025 assertion that SoftBank lacked the money to finance the Stargate AI project and shared a Bloomberg report on a $500 million data-center loan tied to Stargate.

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The significance here is less the unverified claim itself than the timing: an influential figure using a social post to question a major AI-infrastructure financier's commitments while the sector is already selling off. SoftBank's sharp share decline shows how quickly such assertions can move sentiment, even without evidence. What's worth watching is whether SoftBank or its partners respond substantively, and whether the turbine-order allegation gains any documentary backing — the open question is whether this remains a social-media claim or becomes a financing story with confirmed details.

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