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Nebius Reports Q3 Earnings, Announces $3 Billion AI Infrastructure Deal With Meta, Shares Climb - Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS)
Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) reported financial results for the third quarter before the market open on Thursday. Here's a look at the key highlights from the report. * NBIS shares are powering higher on strong volume. View the charts here. Q3 Earnings: Nebius Group reported third-quarter
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Earnings Flash (NBIS) Nebius Group N.V. Reports Q3 Revenue $146.1M, vs. FactSet Est of $155.1M
Nebius Group NV is a Netherlands-based infrastructure company operating in the technology industry. The Company is engaged in developing a portfolio of artificial intelligence-related technology assets. It is involved in creating an artificial intelligence-centric player to integrate the essential
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AI cloud infrastructure provider Nebius Group announces a massive $3 billion partnership with Meta while reporting explosive revenue growth of 355% year-over-year. The company has sold out all available capacity and plans aggressive expansion to meet unprecedented demand.
Record Growth Amid Capacity Constraints
Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) reported explosive third-quarter results, with revenue surging 355% year-over-year to $146.1 million, though falling slightly short of analyst estimates of $155.11 million
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. The AI infrastructure company's core data center business grew 400% year-over-year, accounting for nearly 90% of total revenues with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 19%2
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Source: Benzinga
CEO Arkady Volozh emphasized the unprecedented demand, stating "Every time we bring capacity online, we sell all of it" and "If we had more capacity, we could have sold more"
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. The company has completely sold out all available GPU compute capacity, with Chief Revenue Officer Marc Boroditsky noting that "Even before going live, we're pretty much sold out"3
.Major Partnership Announcements
Nebius announced a significant $3 billion, five-year capacity supply agreement with Meta Platforms, adding to its existing multibillion-dollar partnership with Microsoft Corporation valued at $17.4 billion, potentially increasing to $19.4 billion
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. The Microsoft deal involves supplying capacity from Nebius' Vineland data center starting late 2025, with full utilization expected by Q4 20261
.The Meta agreement is reportedly constrained by current compute availability, with additional capacity expected to ramp up this quarter and reach full utilization by Q1 2026
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. These partnerships have dramatically improved Nebius' revenue visibility and positioned the company as a key player in the AI infrastructure space.
Source: Benzinga
Aggressive Expansion Plans
Nebius is pursuing an ambitious expansion strategy to address capacity constraints, with management projecting contracted power of 2.5GW by the end of 2026 and an annualized revenue run-rate of $7-9 billion
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. The company expects to achieve 800 megawatts to 1 gigawatt of connected power by 2026, representing a significant increase from previous expectations of 1GW2
.The expansion includes new data centers across multiple global sites, including Israel, the United Kingdom, and New Jersey, with all capacity in these regions already pre-sold before launch
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. D.A. Davidson analysts believe additional capacity of 400MW could be achieved via expansion at the New Jersey site, which can support up to 1GW1
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Financing Strategy and Market Position
To fund its aggressive growth plans, Nebius is exploring multiple financing options. CFO Dado Alonso indicated the company is "actively evaluating asset-backed financing, corporate-level debt, and equity financing," acknowledging that "funding our growth will require raising a significant amount of capital"
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. The company announced an at-the-market equity program for up to 25 million shares and ended Q3 with approximately $2.43 billion in cash and cash equivalents5
.Nebius differentiates itself through operational efficiencies, utilizing an ODM model for NVIDIA racks that reduces compute costs by 15-20% compared to OEM alternatives
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. D.A. Davidson analysts believe this positions Nebius to generate double-digit returns on capital, significantly higher than peers such as CoreWeave, which currently posts a 4% return on capital.References
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