Nebius Secures $3B Meta Deal Amid Mixed Q3 Results and Aggressive AI Infrastructure Expansion

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Amsterdam-based Nebius Group lands a major $3 billion AI infrastructure contract with Meta despite missing Q3 revenue expectations. The deal highlights surging demand for AI computing power as the company pursues ambitious growth targets.

Major Contract Win Despite Mixed Financial Results

Nebius Group NV announced a significant $3 billion contract with Meta Platforms Inc. to provide AI infrastructure services over five years, marking another major milestone in the company's rapid expansion

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Source: Market Screener

Source: Market Screener

Despite this substantial deal, Nebius shares fell 7% following the announcement, as investors reacted to mixed third-quarter financial results that showed impressive revenue growth but widening losses

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The Amsterdam-based company reported a 355% year-over-year revenue increase to $146.1 million for the third quarter ended September 30, but still fell short of analyst expectations of $155 million

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. The company's net loss widened significantly from $43.6 million to $119.6 million, approximately $20 million more than analysts had forecasted

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Second Major Hyperscaler Partnership

The Meta agreement represents Nebius' second major contract with a hyperscaler, following its even larger deal with Microsoft Corp. announced in September. Under the Microsoft agreement, Nebius will provide access to up to $19.4 billion worth of hardware hosted in its New Jersey data center, which is set to open by year-end with an initial capacity of 100 megawatts

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Source: SiliconANGLE

Source: SiliconANGLE

CEO Arkady Volozh emphasized the overwhelming demand for AI infrastructure capacity, noting that "the size of the contract was limited to the amount of capacity that we had available"

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. The company plans to deploy the necessary capacity for the Meta contract within the next three months, with the first phase beginning in December

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Aggressive Infrastructure Expansion

Nebius operates as a neocloud company, providing Nvidia graphics processing units and AI cloud solutions to help companies scale their AI infrastructure. The company's AI infrastructure business serves as its primary revenue driver, with unit sales surging 400% year-over-year in the third quarter

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Source: Seeking Alpha

Source: Seeking Alpha

Capital expenditures ballooned dramatically to $955.5 million in the September quarter, up from $172.1 million a year earlier, reflecting heavy investments in securing GPUs, land, and power infrastructure

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. The company currently has 220 megawatts of connected power to data centers and is working to achieve between 800 megawatts and 1 gigawatt by the end of 2026

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Ambitious Growth Targets and Financing Plans

Nebius expects to achieve annualized revenues of $7 billion to $9 billion by the end of 2026, compared to its current annualized run-rate revenue of approximately $551 million at September-end

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. This represents a potential 12-16x increase from current levels, highlighting the company's aggressive expansion strategy.

To finance this rapid growth, Nebius announced plans to sell up to 25 million shares through an at-the-market offering and intends to raise debt financing

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. The company's market value has increased fourfold this year to $27.61 billion, with shares showing gains of 263% year-to-date despite the recent decline

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