Oracle is spending more on building data centres than it earns in a quarter
11-09-2026 13:35 via thenextweb.com

Oracle is spending more on building data centres than it earns in a quarter

Oracle told investors this week that it is sitting on $664bn of work it has agreed to do and has not yet done. Accountants call this remaining performance obligations, which is a dense way of saying that customers have signed contracts, the money is promised, and Oracle now has to go and build the thing […]
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