Key Points
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Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ: NBIS) saw a significant stock surge of 26.9% as of 3:05 p.m. ET on Thursday, aligning with a broader tech sector rally following positive earnings reports from Microsoft and Meta.
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Microsoft reported over $130 billion in new data center leases, up more than two-thirds from the previous quarter, and plans to double its data center capacity within two years.
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Investors in Nebius should be cautious of its premium valuation and reliance on debt-driven growth strategies.
Microsoft’s earnings announcement highlighted 31 new data centers coming online in the current quarter and a 43% year-over-year sales growth for its Azure cloud services. Meta Platforms also indicated strong compute demand despite mixed quarterly results.
The AI infrastructure sector is benefitting from renewed confidence in data center spending, following Microsoft’s announcement of a $1 billion compute deal earlier this month, which is particularly promising for Nebius, whose business model is centered on selling access to AI compute.
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