The specialized neocloud sector faced a stress test on Friday as shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) and Applied Digital Corp. (NASDAQ:APLD) tumbled in sympathy with CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV).
The sell-off was ignited by a Business Insider report suggesting a major financing friction point for CoreWeave’s ambitious infrastructure expansion.
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Data Center Financing Woes
CoreWeave shares fell as much as 12% intraday following news that its key financing partner, Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL), allegedly failed to secure sufficient funding for a massive $4 billion data center project in Pennsylvania.
The facility was intended to be a flagship site for CoreWeave’s GPU-as-a-service model. The anxiety was compounded by Blue Owl’s recent decision to halt quarterly redemptions for one of its retail-focused funds, which investors interpreted as a “canary in the coal mine” for liquidity within the AI infrastructure space.
Neocloud Stocks Sink
The contagion quickly spread to Nebius and Applied Digital, as both companies operate within the same capital-intensive ecosystem.
Nebius, which is positioning itself as Europe’s premier AI factory, relies on the same narrative of rapid, debt-fueled hardware acquisition that spooked CoreWeave investors.
Similarly, Applied Digital —already reeling from NVIDIA recently reducing its stake—is highly sensitive to any shift in the private credit markets that fund these massive GPU clusters.
Despite official pushbacks from both Blue Owl and CoreWeave—who maintain that a $500 million bridge loan is in place and project timelines remain intact—the market reaction highlights growing concerns.
Friday’s price action in CoreWeave, Nebius and Applied Digital made it clear that growth and GPU counts are no longer the only metrics that matter. Investors are looking for proof that data center financing is solid.
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