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Cloud Computing 22 January 2026 - 30 January 2026

Google stock (GOOG) flat after hours as Alphabet heads into earnings week, new cloud security deal in focus

Google stock (GOOG) flat after hours as Alphabet heads into earnings week, new cloud security deal in focus

Alphabet’s Class C shares (GOOG) rose 0.7% Thursday, then held steady after hours at $338.66. Google agreed to a $135 million settlement over alleged unauthorized data collection, pending court approval. PwC and Google Cloud announced a $400 million, three-year AI security partnership. Alphabet reports earnings Feb. 4, with investor focus on AI spending and ad revenue.
Nebius (NBIS) stock price drops 7% as Microsoft-led tech rout hits AI cloud names

Nebius (NBIS) stock price drops 7% as Microsoft-led tech rout hits AI cloud names

Nebius shares fell 7.4% to $93.01 Thursday, reversing an early rally as investors weighed Microsoft’s rising AI costs and Meta’s larger capex plans, which include Nebius as a cloud partner. The stock traded between $91.24 and $100.80. Selling spread to other AI-linked stocks, with CoreWeave down 8.6%. Markets await Apple’s earnings for further signals on tech and AI investment.
SAP stock dives 12% after cloud backlog jitters; €10 billion buyback doesn’t steady the shares

SAP stock dives 12% after cloud backlog jitters; €10 billion buyback doesn’t steady the shares

SAP shares fell about 12% in Frankfurt on Thursday, heading for their steepest daily drop since October 2020 after cloud backlog and 2026 revenue outlook missed expectations. The selloff erased roughly $150 billion from SAP’s value since its 2025 peak. Fourth-quarter revenue matched forecasts, but investors focused on weaker backlog conversion. SAP’s next updates are due February 26 and April 23.
SAP earnings: shares sink on cloud backlog doubts despite €10 billion buyback

SAP earnings: shares sink on cloud backlog doubts despite €10 billion buyback

SAP shares fell 11% Thursday, their steepest drop since 2020, after a cloud backlog update missed expectations. Fourth-quarter revenue matched forecasts at 9.7 billion euros, with cloud revenue slightly above estimates. SAP announced a new two-year, 10 billion euro share buyback. The decline weighed on Germany’s DAX, which slipped 0.9% in early trading.
Microsoft shares slide after Q2 earnings as AI spending hits record and Azure growth barely clears forecasts

Microsoft shares slide after Q2 earnings as AI spending hits record and Azure growth barely clears forecasts

Microsoft reported fiscal Q2 revenue of $81.3 billion, up 17%, and Azure cloud revenue rose 39%. Capital spending reached a record $37.5 billion, with two-thirds spent on data-center chips for AI. Cloud backlog surged to $625 billion, with 45% tied to OpenAI. Shares fell after hours as investors questioned the pace of AI returns.
Microsoft stock price whipsaws after earnings as Azure grows 39% and AI capex hits record

Microsoft stock price whipsaws after earnings as Azure grows 39% and AI capex hits record

Microsoft shares rose 0.2% to $481.63 in after-hours trading Wednesday after swinging more than 7% following fiscal Q2 results. Azure revenue jumped 39%, topping estimates, while capital spending hit a record $37.5 billion, up nearly 66% from a year earlier. Investors focused on cloud growth and surging AI infrastructure costs, awaiting management’s outlook on spending and demand.
Oracle stock price today: ORCL edges higher as TikTok outage and new cloud wins grab focus

Oracle stock price today: ORCL edges higher as TikTok outage and new cloud wins grab focus

Oracle shares rose 0.5% to $175.76 Wednesday morning after a 4.1% drop Tuesday. The company blamed a weekend TikTok outage on a weather-related power failure at a data center. California Governor Gavin Newsom said his office is reviewing TikTok’s moderation after the incident. Oracle also announced new cloud deals in Saudi Arabia and a planned cloud region in Kenya.
Microsoft stock edges up as earnings near, with Azure growth and AI costs under the microscope

Microsoft stock edges up as earnings near, with Azure growth and AI costs under the microscope

Microsoft shares rose 0.4% to $482.31 early Wednesday ahead of its earnings report, with options traders pricing in a 5% move either way. Analysts expect $3.91 per share on $80.3 billion revenue, as Azure growth slows and AI spending tops $500 billion this year. The S&P 500 opened higher, while investors await the Fed’s rate decision this afternoon.
Cloudflare stock jumps again in premarket as “Clawdbot” buzz puts NET back in play

Cloudflare stock jumps again in premarket as “Clawdbot” buzz puts NET back in play

Cloudflare shares rose 6.8% to $202.20 in Tuesday premarket trading after a 9.2% jump Monday, driven by buzz around the open-source AI agent Clawdbot. Wolfe Research linked the surge to social media interest and noted Cloudflare’s edge network could benefit from increased AI agent use. Investors await Cloudflare’s earnings on February 10 and the Federal Reserve’s policy decision this week.
CoreWeave stock jumps after-hours as Nvidia puts $2 billion into AI cloud partner

CoreWeave stock jumps after-hours as Nvidia puts $2 billion into AI cloud partner

CoreWeave shares rose 5.7% to $98.31 in after-hours trading Monday after Nvidia announced a $2 billion equity investment at $87.20 per share. Nvidia’s stake nearly doubled to about 47 million shares, making it CoreWeave’s second-largest shareholder. CoreWeave said the new funds will not be used to buy Nvidia processors. Nvidia shares slipped 0.7% to $186.47.
Cloudflare stock jumps on viral ‘Clawdbot’ AI-agent buzz as Wall Street eyes Feb. 10 earnings

Cloudflare stock jumps on viral ‘Clawdbot’ AI-agent buzz as Wall Street eyes Feb. 10 earnings

Cloudflare shares surged 11.5% to $193.30 Monday, outpacing sector rivals after social media buzz around “Clawdbot,” an open-source AI agent built on Anthropic’s Claude. Wolfe Research linked the rally to expectations that Cloudflare’s network could benefit if AI-driven traffic rises. Investors await Cloudflare’s Feb. 10 earnings and the Federal Reserve’s policy decision this week. Akamai, Fastly, and Zscaler also posted gains.
DigitalOcean stock jumps nearly 15% as AI-inference push keeps buyers in control

DigitalOcean stock jumps nearly 15% as AI-inference push keeps buyers in control

DigitalOcean shares jumped 14.9% to $61.58 on Monday, hitting a new 52-week high as investors piled into smaller cloud and AI infrastructure stocks. The rally followed recent analyst upgrades and news that DigitalOcean’s AI Inference Cloud Platform doubled throughput for Character.ai while halving costs. Vinay Kumar was named chief product and technology officer last week. Earnings are expected Feb. 24, according to MarketBeat.
Amazon stock price slips as AWS lands Nationwide deal and earnings loom

Amazon stock price slips as AWS lands Nationwide deal and earnings loom

Amazon shares slipped 0.2% to $238.78 Monday, trailing gains in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100. AWS announced a new cloud services deal with UK lender Nationwide Building Society. Investors are awaiting Amazon’s earnings report and guidance on February 5. Phillip Securities downgraded the stock to “accumulate” but raised its price target to $290.
Cloud computing stocks brace for Fed, Microsoft earnings after CPQ slips

Cloud computing stocks brace for Fed, Microsoft earnings after CPQ slips

The ISE CTA Cloud Computing Index closed Friday at 1,373.63, down 0.18%. The First Trust Cloud Computing ETF (SKYY) finished at $123.35, off 24 cents, while WisdomTree’s WCLD slipped 0.18% to $32.372. Investors await the Federal Reserve’s Jan. 27–28 meeting and Microsoft’s earnings report on Jan. 28.
Cloud computing stocks face a packed week as Amazon job cuts loom and Fed meets

Cloud computing stocks face a packed week as Amazon job cuts loom and Fed meets

Amazon will cut more corporate jobs at AWS as soon as Tuesday, part of a plan to eliminate about 30,000 roles. Cloud-focused ETFs ended Friday little changed, while Microsoft rose 3.3% and Amazon gained 2.1%. Intel fell 17% after weak guidance. Autodesk will cut 7% of staff and raised its outlook.
IREN stock jumps 8% into the weekend as Feb. 5 earnings date puts AI cloud push back in focus

IREN stock jumps 8% into the weekend as Feb. 5 earnings date puts AI cloud push back in focus

IREN shares jumped 8.5% Friday to $56.68, trading between $50.11 and $58.58 on heavy volume before slipping 0.5% after hours. The company will report quarterly results Feb. 5. Bitcoin hovered near $89,000, keeping crypto stocks active. IREN’s recent $9.7 billion, five-year deal with Microsoft remains in focus.
Oracle stock rises after-hours as Stargate loan jitters and FedRAMP push land on traders’ screens

Oracle stock rises after-hours as Stargate loan jitters and FedRAMP push land on traders’ screens

Oracle shares rose 2.4% to $178.18 in after-hours trading Thursday. Investors weighed weaker demand for $38 billion in loan syndication tied to OpenAI-related “Stargate” data centers. Oracle announced its Primavera Cloud received a FedRAMP “In Process” designation. A quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share is scheduled for payment Friday.
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