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Oracle Plans $45–$50 Billion Raise in 2026 to Expand Cloud Capacity

Oracle says the funds will scale OCI to fulfill already-contracted demand from major AI customers.

Overview

  • The company outlined a mix of equity and equity-linked financing for roughly half of the total, including a market share-sale program of up to $20 billion and mandatory convertible notes.
  • Oracle plans to raise the remaining funds through a single bond issuance targeted for early 2026.
  • The buildout is intended to meet committed workloads from customers named by Oracle, including AMD, Meta, Nvidia, OpenAI, TikTok, and xAI.
  • The plan was disclosed in a company statement and reported by O Globo, with no final pricing or exact timing provided.
  • Oracle framed the expansion as necessary to add cloud capacity for AI and high-performance computing workloads on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.