Nebius Raises GPU Rental Rates, Lifting NBIS 10% and IREN 6% as CoreWeave Slips

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Nebius Group notified customers of higher on-demand rental rates for a range of AI GPU capacity effective October 1, a rare same-week read-through on pricing power in AI compute that split the neocloud trade three ways. Nebius stock climbed 10% to $229.67 as the party setting the new price card, while IREN Limited rose 6% to $45.20 on the read-through that scarce GPU capacity can be re-rented at higher hourly rates. CoreWeave slipped 2% to $82.10, with the divergence attributed to concerns over how much of its capacity is already committed at older rates, how much debt sits against that capacity, and how fast free cash flow will turn. The Invesco QQQ Trust was up 1.62% to $716.12, while the Global X Data Center & Digital Infrastructure ETF trailed at up 1% to $27.60, a lag suggesting the diversified digital infrastructure basket is not capturing the neocloud repricing on its own. JPMorgan double-upgraded IREN to Overweight from Underweight on September 14, a call that predates this move by three sessions and serves as context rather than catalyst.