According to ORTEX, short sellers in U.S. neocloud and AI data center stocks held about $6 billion in unrealized paper profits through October 22, and those gains are marked again at every close. CoreWeave fell 10.06% to $55.60 on October 22, while Nebius fell 7.23% to $159.17 that day even after announcing a $3.5 billion Citi facility. Bernstein estimates CoreWeave needs about $85 billion for its existing contracts, and current facilities cover about $9 billion, leaving roughly $76 billion to raise externally. CoreWeave's unsecured bonds recently yielded around 15%, a level that signals real default risk for lenders, and nearly half of data center bonds sold in 2026 are junk-rated. Short interest in the five most-shorted names is about 20% to 26% of free float, so a sharp rebound could trigger a short squeeze.
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| Market cap | $5.2T |
| Close on 10/22/2026 | 212.28 |
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