Oracle Reports Renewals for Expiring AI Contracts Are Up 20%
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) reported strong fiscal first-quarter results with revenue rising about 30% year-over-year to $19.3 billion and raised its full-year earnings outlook. A key highlight from the report was co-CEO Clay Magouyrk's disclosure that AI contracts expiring in Q1 were renewed or resold at a 20% premium, despite involving GPUs four years old on average. Magouyrk emphasized this trend suggests Oracle’s older chips are maintaining and even increasing their value over time. This counters concerns about the long-term earning power of aging GPU infrastructure used for AI workloads. The company also reported more than $30 billion in new AI contracts, pushing remaining performance obligations to a record $664 billion. Oracle's cloud infrastructure revenue surged 121% year-over-year to $7.4 billion during the quarter, outpacing previous growth rates and reinforcing its aggressive expansion into AI services.
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