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Oracle’s AI Buildout Advances With $16 Billion Data-Center Financing and a Record Backlog

Analysts frame the contract-backed push as a path to faster cash generation if new capacity comes online on schedule.

Overview

  • Oracle closed a $16 billion financing for a planned Michigan data center, with Bank of America selling about $14 billion of project bonds tied to the build.
  • The company reports a $553 billion backlog of AI infrastructure contracts, which it says supports a multi‑year expansion of cloud capacity.
  • Cloud now makes up more than half of Oracle’s revenue, with infrastructure sales up 84% year over year and multicloud database revenue up 531%, according to analyst reporting.
  • Oracle is pursuing roughly $50 billion in capital spending while carrying about $124.7 billion of debt, and management says pre‑funded AI contracts mean no additional bond issuance in 2026.
  • Wedbush’s Daniel Ives started coverage at Outperform with a $225 target, though commentary flags risks from large customer concentration, supply‑chain pressure at server vendors like SMCI, tighter credit markets, and geopolitical threats to major sites.