Shares of Nebius, CoreWeave and Iren fell more than 4% in premarket trading after Elon Musk said on X that more than 200 companies in the sector could collapse. Musk said debt markets have almost entirely shut off funding for firms without substantial revenue independent of AI data centers, and that the 200+ neoclouds face "guppy-level death and consolidation." He was replying to Chamath Palihapitiya, who warned of partially stranded compute in 2027. Over the past month, CoreWeave and Nebius have fallen more than 30% and Iren has tanked 40%, after the spread on CoreWeave's five-year credit default swaps reached levels generally viewed as signs of distress.
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