Oracle shares rise after announcing plans to raise $50 billion

data center giant SeerIts shares rose 5% premarket on Monday after the company said it plans to raise up to $50 billion to develop additional capacity for customers.

Hyperscalers are scrambling to build the infrastructure needed to power AI; data center deals are reaching a record $61 billion in 2025, with several big tech firms committing large sums during the funding rush.

Oracle said Sunday it plans to increase gross cash revenue from $45 billion to $50 billion during the 2026 calendar year to create additional capacity to meet contracted demands from cloud customers. Nvidia, MetaOpenAI, AMDTikTok and xAI. Financing will be raised through debt and equity.

Oracle has recently made major investments in the rollout of its artificial intelligence infrastructure. In September, it raised $18 billion from a bond sale and signed a $300 billion deal with OpenAI.

Investors have expressed concern about Oracle’s aggressive artificial intelligence development plans and debt raising.

Oracle’s shares are down 50% since their peak in September. It fell 11% following disappointing quarterly results in December, when it reported slightly below-expected revenue.

on thursday, Microsoft Shares tumbled 10% after investors weighed in on growth of cloud computing platform Azure and other cloud services falling slightly short of expectations, but many analysts remained optimistic.

Meta shares rose 8% the same day after major AI spending was reported.