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AI Miners Surge Pre-Market on Record $38B Oracle Data Center Deal Boosts Sector
A massive Oracle-led AI infrastructure financing ignites a sharp rally in AI and HPC mining stocks.
Oct 24, 2025, 8:25 a.m.
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What to know:
- Oracle’s $38 billion data center financing—split between projects in Texas and Wisconsin—marks a major milestone in the company’s $500 billion AI infrastructure push with OpenAI’s Stargate initiative.
- Cipher Mining (CIFR) and IREN (IREN) are both up 7%, while Bitfarms (BITF) has jumped 12%, reversing recent losses after a sector-wide correction.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High Performance Computer (HPC) mining stocks are rallying pre-market following news of the largest AI infrastructure financing on record, according to Bloomberg.
Cipher Mining (CIFR) and IREN (IREN) are both up 7%, while Bitfarms (BITF) has jumped 12%, as investors rotate back into AI-exposed assets after a recent correction. The rebound comes as banks prepare a $38 billion debt sale to fund two major data centers tied to Oracle Corp (ORCL), in what would be the biggest financing ever for AI infrastructure.
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The debt is split into two senior secured credit facilities: $23.25 billion for a Texas project and $14.75 billion for a Wisconsin site, both being developed by Vantage Data Centers for Oracle’s partnership with OpenAI under the Stargate initiative.
The loans will mature in four years, with two one-year extension options, and are expected to price about 2.5% points above the benchmark, according to the article.
Oracle’s broader plan includes up to $500 billion in AI infrastructure investment, underscoring its ambitions in cloud computing and artificial intelligence.
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