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Rising borrowing costs threaten AI growth as Nebius CEO warns of margin squeeze from higher interest rates.

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19 May 2026
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Nebius Group CEO Arkady Volozh highlighted how even a few percentage points increase in borrowing costs could severely impact the economics of AI infrastructure buildout. Despite strong Q1 revenue growth of 279.6% year-over-year, Nebius missed revenue estimates and reported a widened adjusted net loss, reflecting the capital-intensive nature of its AI cloud expansion. The company relies heavily on cheap financing, having raised billions through convertible notes to fund massive power and AI factory projects. Volozh warned that if interest rates rise from around 6% to 10%, it could erode about 20% of profit margins over five years, posing a major risk to Nebius's aggressive growth targets and the broader AI investment cycle, which is highly sensitive to Federal Reserve policies.

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