By Simply Wall St
Publication Date: 2026-02-08 19:05:00
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Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) is seeking to raise approximately $45 billion to $50 billion to fund its expansion of cloud infrastructure for artificial intelligence customers.
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The package is expected to include extensive new debt and equity offerings tied to demand from customers such as OpenAI and Meta.
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The move comes as investors debate the risks of high AI-related spending, higher leverage and stress in parts of the bond market.
Oracle has long been known for its database and enterprise software franchises, and more recently for its foray into cloud services. This planned capital raise underscores how central AI-related cloud infrastructure has become to the business model of NYSE:ORCL and other major technology providers. It also comes at a time of industry-wide debate over how much balance sheet risk is appropriate to support long-term AI contracts.
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