{"id":121570,"date":"2026-07-15T08:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/oracle-rating-downgraded-by-sp-now-stands-one-notch-above-junk-reason-is-sam-altman\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T08:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:36:16","slug":"oracle-rating-downgraded-by-sp-now-stands-one-notch-above-junk-reason-is-sam-altman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/oracle-rating-downgraded-by-sp-now-stands-one-notch-above-junk-reason-is-sam-altman\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle rating downgraded by S&amp;P, now stands one notch above junk; reason is Sam Altman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S&amp;P Global Ratings lowered Oracle&#8217;s credit rating to BBB- from BBB.  The agency cited significant risks associated with Oracle&#8217;s expanding AI infrastructure business.  OpenAI&#8217;s substantial reliance on Oracle&#8217;s services presents a key credit risk for the company.  Oracle faces potential financial strain from massive data center leases if OpenAI defaults.  The rating agency warned of further downgrades if leverage exceeds 4.5x.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S&amp;P Global Ratings lowered Oracle&#8217;s credit rating to BBB- from BBB. The agency cited significant risks associated with Oracle&#8217;s expanding AI infrastructure business. OpenAI&#8217;s substantial reliance on Oracle&#8217;s services presents a key credit risk for the company. Oracle faces potential financial strain from massive data center leases if OpenAI defaults. The rating agency warned of&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/oracle-rating-downgraded-by-sp-now-stands-one-notch-above-junk-reason-is-sam-altman\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Oracle rating downgraded by S&amp;P, now stands one notch above junk; reason is Sam Altman<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":121571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121570"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}