Nebius tests the neocloud playbook with $40 billion in planned spending
THE SO WHAT
Customer prepayments and loans funding $40 billion of AI infra is cloud 2.0 — vendors are turning hyperscale buildouts into quasi-project finance. If you’re a large buyer, your commitment terms now directly shape a provider’s balance sheet risk and your own resilience under delay scenarios.
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