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title: "Nebius Raises $4.5B in Convertible Notes, Shares Fall 7% Premarket"
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published_at: "2026-08-19T14:58:33.000Z"
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summary: "The AI infrastructure provider is accelerating the buildout of high-capacity compute sites to serve the expanding needs of the artificial intelligence industry. Nebius is selling $4.5 billion of convertible senior notes to finance the development of data centers to meet surging demand for GPU capacity. Shares of the company declined 7% in premarket trading following the announcement of the offering. The raise follows the approval of a 300 MW data center in Vineland, New Jersey, which is part of a compute supply contract with Microsoft valued at up to $19.4 billion. Some market participants have characterized the $4.5 billion issuance as a \"monster convert,\" noting that the company's stock volatility serves as an asset in the pricing of the notes."
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# Nebius Raises $4\.5B in Convertible Notes, Shares Fall 7% Premarket

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**Published:** 2026-08-19T14:58:33.000Z
**Category:** Funding
**Topics:** infra, chips, funding

## Summary

The AI infrastructure provider is accelerating the buildout of high\-capacity compute sites to serve the expanding needs of the artificial intelligence industry\. Nebius is selling $4\.5 billion of convertible senior notes to finance the development of data centers to meet surging demand for GPU capacity\. Shares of the company declined 7% in premarket trading following the announcement of the offering\. The raise follows the approval of a 300 MW data center in Vineland, New Jersey, which is part of a compute supply contract with Microsoft valued at up to $19\.4 billion\. Some market participants have characterized the $4\.5 billion issuance as a "monster convert," noting that the company's stock volatility serves as an asset in the pricing of the notes\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/update-nebius-raises-45b-in-convertible-notes-shares-fall-7percent-prema-cbb86de8>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/business/status/2090049925207724163>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/StockMKTNewz/status/2090039991208431734>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2090040605598482706>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/junkbondinvest/status/2090040951959941536>)