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Cloud Computing 9 February 2026 - 28 February 2026

Amazon stock price at $210: OpenAI $50 billion deal puts AWS Trainium in focus

Amazon stock price at $210: OpenAI $50 billion deal puts AWS Trainium in focus

Amazon shares rose 1% to $210 Friday after OpenAI said Amazon will invest $50 billion in its new funding round, with AWS set as exclusive cloud provider for OpenAI Frontier. An Amazon filing detailed a $35 billion equity commitment and a separate $15 billion investment due by March 2026. OpenAI’s round values it at $840 billion. Investors await next week’s U.S. jobs report.
Nebius (NBIS) stock rises in choppy session as AI cloud spending stays in focus

Nebius (NBIS) stock rises in choppy session as AI cloud spending stays in focus

Nebius Group N.V. shares rose 1.8% to $99.70 Monday, trading as high as $101.12 on volume of 7.5 million shares. The Amsterdam-based cloud provider, which rents out Nvidia chips and data-center capacity, recently forecast an end-2026 revenue run-rate of $7–9 billion. Investors remain focused on Nebius’s build pace and financing. Nvidia reports quarterly results Wednesday.
Cloudflare stock sinks nearly 10% as Wall Street slides; outage and quantum-security push in focus

Cloudflare stock sinks nearly 10% as Wall Street slides; outage and quantum-security push in focus

Cloudflare shares dropped 9.6% to $160.11 on Monday amid a broad selloff in U.S. software stocks following renewed tariff uncertainty. The decline followed Cloudflare’s announcement of a new post-quantum SASE platform and investor concerns over a Feb. 20 outage affecting BYOIP customers. Fastly and Zscaler also fell, while Akamai rose.
Amazon stock price slides as Trump tariff turmoil hits tech; AWS outage headlines resurface

Amazon stock price slides as Trump tariff turmoil hits tech; AWS outage headlines resurface

Amazon shares fell 1.7% to $206.46 in early Monday trading, lagging the broader market after President Trump announced a new 15% import tariff following a Supreme Court ruling. The Nasdaq 100 tracker dropped 0.6% and the S&P 500’s SPY ETF slipped 0.3%. U.S. Customs will end collection of earlier tariffs at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Investors are watching for Tuesday’s tariff changeover and Nvidia’s results on Feb. 25.
Oracle stock price climbs into holiday break as India cloud push and funding plan stay in focus

Oracle stock price climbs into holiday break as India cloud push and funding plan stay in focus

Oracle shares closed up 2.3% at $160.14 Friday, capping a 12% weekly gain after early-February losses. U.S. markets are closed Monday for Washington’s Birthday, with trading set to resume Tuesday. Oracle plans to expand its cloud footprint in India and add services inside Amazon Web Services. The company’s next quarterly results are due March 9.
Aramco’s Microsoft AI pact puts Saudi Azure cloud launch back in focus for 2026

Aramco’s Microsoft AI pact puts Saudi Azure cloud launch back in focus for 2026

Saudi Aramco and Microsoft signed a non-binding memorandum to explore industrial AI projects and digital skills programs in Saudi Arabia. Microsoft said customers can run workloads from its Saudi Arabia East Azure region starting Q4 2026. The move follows Saudi efforts to tighten data control. Rights groups have criticized the expansion over data access concerns.
Cloud Computing Stocks Rebound as CPI Cools — What to Watch Before Palo Alto Earnings

Cloud Computing Stocks Rebound as CPI Cools — What to Watch Before Palo Alto Earnings

First Trust Cloud Computing ETF (SKYY) jumped 2.5% to $114.26 Friday, outperforming a weaker Nasdaq as U.S. inflation data came in below forecasts and Treasury yields fell. Peers CLOU and WCLD also gained over 2%. U.S. markets close Monday for Washington’s Birthday. Palo Alto Networks reports earnings Tuesday after the bell.
Oracle stock slips despite $88 million U.S. Air Force cloud win as investors brace for CPI

Oracle stock slips despite $88 million U.S. Air Force cloud win as investors brace for CPI

Oracle shares fell 0.5% to $156.36 Thursday after the company announced an $88 million U.S. Air Force cloud contract and a new CMS migration deal. CEO Clayton Magouyrk sold 10,000 shares, filings showed. Investors remain focused on Oracle’s cloud funding plans and Friday’s U.S. inflation data. A securities class action deadline approaches in April.
Nvidia stock price ticks up as AI cloud spending jumps and China chip politics shift

Nvidia stock price ticks up as AI cloud spending jumps and China chip politics shift

Nvidia shares rose 0.7% to $191.36 Thursday morning, reaching an intraday high of $193.55. Nebius Group reported increased capital spending on Nvidia-powered data centers, including a planned 240-megawatt site in France. Samsung began shipping HBM4 chips for AI accelerators. U.S. lawmakers signaled openness to some Nvidia chip sales to China but maintained restrictions on newer models.
Dell stock slides as Nutanix private-cloud update lands and earnings loom

Dell stock slides as Nutanix private-cloud update lands and earnings loom

Dell Technologies shares fell 2.3% to $123.12 on Wednesday, reversing part of Tuesday’s rally. The drop followed news of Nutanix support for Dell’s Private Cloud platform and an SEC filing showing executive Peter Trizzino’s initial stock holdings. Investors are watching for Dell’s Feb. 26 fiscal Q4 results for updates on AI-server demand and margins.
Oracle (ORCL) stock price rises again after hours as Wall Street rethinks its OpenAI cloud bet

Oracle (ORCL) stock price rises again after hours as Wall Street rethinks its OpenAI cloud bet

Oracle shares rose 2.1% to $159.87 in after-hours trading Tuesday, after hitting an intraday high of $165.32. The company announced new AI automation features for its Fusion Cloud software and plans to raise up to $50 billion in 2026 to expand cloud infrastructure. Analyst opinions remain divided, with Melius Research downgrading the stock to “hold.”
MongoDB stock jumps 6% as Morgan Stanley flags cloud demand rebound ahead of March earnings

MongoDB stock jumps 6% as Morgan Stanley flags cloud demand rebound ahead of March earnings

MongoDB shares rose 6.3% to $380.32 Tuesday morning on Nasdaq, rebounding from an early drop amid renewed interest in cloud software stocks. Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs issued notes downplaying AI disruption fears and projecting revenue upside. Investors await MongoDB’s quarterly results due March 2 for updates on Atlas usage and revenue trends. Snowflake and Datadog also traded higher.
Applied Digital stock jumps as new filing ties exec pay to hyperscaler milestones

Applied Digital stock jumps as new filing ties exec pay to hyperscaler milestones

Applied Digital shares closed up 9.4% Monday after the company disclosed multi-year, performance-based stock awards for President Jason Zhang and CFO Saidal Mohmand, tied to leasing and profit targets. A new SEC filing showed Zhang’s awards vest if the company signs up to 1.6 gigawatts in long-term hyperscaler contracts. Analyst Mike Grondahl raised his price target to $56 on potential new leasing. Shares were little changed after hours.
Amazon stock slips near close as AWS chip pact spotlights $200B AI spending bet

Amazon stock slips near close as AWS chip pact spotlights $200B AI spending bet

Amazon shares fell 0.5% to $209.19 Monday as investors weighed the company’s expanded chip deal with STMicroelectronics and a projected $200 billion in 2026 capital spending. AWS secured rights to buy up to 24.8 million ST shares over seven years, tied to chip purchases. About 80.8 million Amazon shares traded. U.S. jobs and inflation data due later this week could affect tech valuations.
Nebius Group (NBIS) stock price jumps 8% as earnings week sharpens focus on AI cloud buildout

Nebius Group (NBIS) stock price jumps 8% as earnings week sharpens focus on AI cloud buildout

Nebius Group N.V. shares jumped 8.3% to $93.26 in heavy trading Monday, ahead of its quarterly results due Feb. 12. The Amsterdam-based AI cloud firm’s stock swung sharply as investors weighed execution risks on major GPU infrastructure contracts with Meta and Microsoft. Wall Street expects another loss, with consensus at a 44-cent per-share deficit on $232.2 million in revenue.
IREN stock price jumps as traders lean back into AI-cloud bet despite bitcoin slide

IREN stock price jumps as traders lean back into AI-cloud bet despite bitcoin slide

IREN shares climbed 6.4% to $44.51 Monday, rebounding after last week’s earnings drop despite a decline in bitcoin. The company reported a quarterly net loss of $155.4 million on $184.7 million in revenue, with $167.4 million from bitcoin mining and $17.3 million from AI services. IREN said it secured $3.6 billion in GPU financing tied to its Microsoft contract. Analyst price targets diverged after the results.
Apollo’s $3.4B xAI chip lease puts Nvidia demand, Broadcom’s Google TPU push back in focus

Apollo’s $3.4B xAI chip lease puts Nvidia demand, Broadcom’s Google TPU push back in focus

Apollo Global Management is close to a $3.4 billion loan to buy Nvidia chips for leasing to Elon Musk’s xAI, The Information reported. Alphabet is considering a $15 billion U.S. bond sale to fund AI infrastructure, according to Bloomberg. Investors are watching whether custom chips from Broadcom and Google can challenge Nvidia’s dominance.
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