NEBIUS stock plummeted 5.81% during intraday trading on Thursday, extending a recent sell-off.
The sharp decline follows the company's announcement of a strategic shift to an asset-light AI cloud business model. Under this new approach, infrastructure partners will finance, own, and operate the hardware, while NEBIUS provides its AI cloud software and platform. Investors appear concerned that this model could result in lower margins and reduced revenue ownership compared to the company's traditional operations.
Adding to the negative sentiment is ongoing market anxiety regarding Meta's development of an internal compute commercialization division, which is seen as increasing competitive pressure in the sector. These combined factors have contributed to significant selling pressure on NEBIUS shares.