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SoftBank Group fell sharply, pulling Asian technology stocks down in a broad selloff rooted in a single, sharpening concern: the cost of building artificial intelligence infrastructure is rising, and the market's patience with that bill is thinning.
The move signals that pressure on AI-exposed balance sheets is no longer a Western equity story — it is spreading across the region's largest tech names.
The Weight Sitting on SoftBank SoftBank Group led the decline, making it the session's most visible pressure point in Asian tech.
The company's exposure to AI-linked investments puts it in the direct line of fire whenever the market re-prices what it costs to develop and operate AI systems at scale.
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