AI Cloud Service Provider Nebius’ Q1 Revenue Soars 7x Year-on-Year; Shares Surge 17% Pre-Market

According to TheEnergyMag, AI cloud service provider Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS) released its first-quarter financial results, reporting revenue of $399 million—more than seven times higher year-on-year and exceeding analysts’ expectations of $371 million. Its adjusted net loss stood at $100.3 million, better than market expectations. Following the earnings release, Nebius’s stock rose approximately 17% in pre-market trading, with its year-to-date gains exceeding 100%. This quarter, the company’s capital expenditures surged to approximately $2.5 billion. It also announced securing 1.2 gigawatts of power capacity and land in Pennsylvania for constructing a new AI factory. CEO Arkady Volozh stated that enterprises are transitioning from the AI experimentation phase to large-scale production deployment, and the company continues to face “unprecedented demand.” Additionally, Nebius recently acquired AI startup Eigen AI for approximately $643 million and signed a five-year, up-to-$27 billion long-term AI compute supply agreement with Meta Platforms.