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$NVDA Demand Surge: Oracle Utilization Hits 97.9% Amid AI Chip Scarcity
With Oracle's infrastructure running at 97.9% utilization, investors can monitor Nvidia for potential continued demand and supply-tight dynamics. High utilization suggests sustained business investment in capabilities, a key driver for 's revenue growth.
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Oracle's AI infrastructure ran at 97.9% utilization last quarter, indicating robust demand for GPUs and potentially highlighting supply constraints for Nvidia. This high utilization suggests strong customer adoption of AI services and could signal continued strength in the AI chip market. The data offers a proxy for Nvidia's operational demand, even as the chipmaker did not report this week.
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Oracle's infrastructure, heavily reliant on Nvidia's GPUs, operated at a near-total 97.9% utilization in its fiscal first quarter of 2027, underscoring significant demand for AI processing power. The company delivered 850 megawatts of AI capacity, a nearly threefold increase from the previous quarter, with a substantial portion of this capacity containing over 300,000 Nvidia GPUs. This metric provides a real-time indicator of the intense demand for AI hardware, a market where Nvidia is a primary supplier. Oracle also reported closing more than $30 billion in new AI contracts during the quarter, with its remaining unperformed contracts reaching $664 billion.
Oracle's cloud infrastructure revenue surged 121% year-over-year to $7.4 billion, reflecting accelerated growth from previous periods. The company noted that capacity renewed or resold at a 20% premium to prior contracts. For context, Nvidia's revenue increased 106% year-over-year to $96.2 billion in its most recent reporting period.
### Story Arc / How We Got Here Jim Cramer recently highlighted that NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), despite its higher nominal share price of $224, may be more favorably valued than ServiceNow (NASDAQ: NOW) at $136 when considering underlying fundamentals. This analysis suggests investors should look beyond face value to assess tech stock valuations. More recently, Oracle's reported high GPU utilization figures provide a tangible metric for the demand environment surrounding AI chips, serving as a proxy for Nvidia's market position. Prior coverage: /explore/nvidia-nvda-vs-servicenow-now-cramers-pe-multiple-analysis.
## Catalyst Analysis: AI Chip Demand Proxy Oracle's reported 97.9% GPU utilization serves as a direct indicator of strong customer adoption and potential supply limitations for AI hardware, impacting investor sentiment towards chip manufacturers like Nvidia.
## $NVDA+WL Technical Analysis & Key Risk Watch Key levels for $NVDA+WL (educational): R2 $234.76 · R1 $230.40 · last $230.36 · S1 $229.63 · S2 $223.71. $NVDA+WL is trading with a RSI14 of 53.7 and a volume multiple versus its 20-day average of 1.06x.
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Oracle's massive computer servers running almost at full capacity prove companies are still buying tons of AI services. This is great news for Nvidia because it means demand for their chips is still extremely strong.
What changed
Oracle reported 97.9% utilization of its AI infrastructure, driven by hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs.
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Nvidia and cloud providers benefit from relentless AI demand, while competitors struggling to scale capacity risk falling behind.
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