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Nvidia Posts Record $81.6 Billion Quarter on Surging Data Center Sales

Investors must weigh Nvidia’s central role in global AI infrastructure against valuation risks from growth that excludes China.

Overview

  • Nvidia reported record revenue of $81.615 billion on Wednesday, with Data Center sales of $75.2 billion accounting for the bulk of growth and rising 92% year over year.
  • The company guided to about $91 billion for the next quarter and explicitly said that outlook does not include Data Center compute revenue from China.
  • Nvidia changed its Data Center reporting to split revenue into Hyperscale (cloud providers and large internet firms) and ACIE (industries, enterprises and sovereign clouds) to show a broader customer mix.
  • The board authorized an additional $80 billion share buyback and raised the quarterly dividend from $0.01 to $0.25, signaling bigger cash returns to shareholders.
  • Shares dipped in after‑hours trading despite the beat as investors judged whether demand can sustain the valuation of a company now valued at more than $5 trillion and seen as a bellwether for AI infrastructure spending.