Did Nebius's September-quarter results, in the release, the shareholder letter or on the call, still price compute capacity of six months or less at a premium to its one-to-three-year contracts?
Read the price per megawatt (or per GPU-hour) Nebius gives for terms of six months or less and for one-to-three-year terms. The answer is yes if the short-term price is at or above 1.5 times the long-term price (the premium persists), and no if the ratio is below 1.5 (the premium collapsed toward long-term rates).
If the source is late or silent: If the results carry no term pricing, or Nebius reports after November 30, 2026, the test is inconclusive, and the Result says what was read and what was missing.
If no
The borrowing is rational
Sees the borrowing behind this buildout as rational fuel, supporting durable pricing gaps rather than a bubble about to pop.
If yes
1999 capex plus 2008 credit
Sees heavy 1999-style capex paired with loose credit as a fuse that can keep rich short-term pricing burning until it snaps.
50%
NoYes
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The borrowing is rational3 people argue no1999 capex plus 2008 credit2 people argue yes
Capacity is sold before it is built: AWS backlog reached 496 billion dollars, Microsoft closed June 2026 with 678 billion of commercial RPO up 84 percent year over year, Google Cloud's backlog hit 514 billion; CoreWeave's 2020-era A100s are fully…
Nebius extended its server depreciation schedule from four years to five this year even though its own deal pricing implies roughly 50 percent annual decay; customers that would not quit depreciating are what extended the bust twenty-five years ago.
Strongest against the CallOguz Erkan · Aug 6
Rental prices for six-year-old A100 GPUs are up more than 20 percent year-to-date, a direct read on AI model providers' willingness to pay and, by extension, end-customer demand.
What would change the Call
A short-term price that falls below 1.5 times the one-to-three-year price would flip this to no.
The Call · Part 03 · 1999 capex plus 2008 credit
The machines will earn. The credit stack is where this buildout breaks first.