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Oracle Sends Notice Seeking Payment Delay if AI Campus Opens Late, Bloomberg Reports

Oracle says its New Mexico project remains on schedule. Developer Blue Owl says the notice leaves its financial commitments unchanged.

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Oracle Sends Notice Seeking Payment Delay if AI Campus Opens Late, Bloomberg Reports
Oracle Sends Notice Seeking Payment Delay if AI Campus Opens Late, Bloomberg Reports

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Oracle has sent a force majeure notice seeking to delay payments if its New Mexico data center, Project Jupiter, fails to open on schedule in 2028, Bloomberg reports. That is a contingency—not an announcement that the campus is late or that payments have already been deferred. The project is being developed by a unit of Blue Owl Capital as part of the Stargate AI infrastructure buildout. Oracle says Jupiter remains on schedule and that it is committed to New Mexico. Blue Owl says the notice does not change its financial commitments to the multi-year project. So the immediate question is not whether either company has declared a delay, but what happens financially if the opening target is missed. Oracle shares fell after news of the notice. There is a separate financing concern: CNBC, citing the Financial Times, reported concerns about 18 billion dollars in Oracle debt tied to the data center. And in September, Oracle co-chief executive Clay Magouyrk said Jupiter would not affect the company’s previously stated fiscal 2027 revenue or earnings guidance. That guidance covers a period before the expected opening, so it does not settle the costs or payment timing if the campus arrives late. For now, Oracle’s stated schedule and Blue Owl’s unchanged commitments are the facts on the ground. The key thing to watch is whether Jupiter opens in 2028—and whether the payment contingency ever comes into play.

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Oracle’s notice is a contingency over payment timing, not evidence that New Mexico’s Project Jupiter has slipped: Oracle still says the campus is on track for 2028. The distinction matters because the project’s schedule now carries contractual and financing stakes. Blue Owl says the notice does not alter its commitments, while separate reporting has flagged $18 billion in Oracle debt tied to the data center....

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    Oracle reportedly wants payments delayed only if the campus misses its expected 2028 opening; no deferral has been announced.

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    The force majeure notice went to a Blue Owl Capital unit developing the campus.

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    Oracle says Jupiter remains on schedule and that it is committed to New Mexico.

Oracle has sent a force majeure notice to the developer of Project Jupiter, its New Mexico data center. Bloomberg reports that Oracle is seeking to delay payment if the campus does not come online as expected in 2028. The notice puts the cost of a possible late opening in focus for a project in the Stargate AI infrastructure buildout.

The notice concerns a possible delay

The notice went to a unit of Blue Owl Capital, which is developing Jupiter. CNBC says Oracle sent it to protect itself from higher expenses. Bloomberg’s reported payment objective depends on a future event: the campus failing to open when expected. It does not mean the opening date has moved or that Oracle has already delayed a payment.

Oracle says Jupiter remains on its planned schedule and that it is committed to New Mexico. Its shares fell Thursday following news of the notice. Blue Owl, meanwhile, addressed the developer’s obligations rather than Oracle’s proposed payment timing.

This notice does not change the financial commitments to this multi-year project

Blue Owl Capital, in a statement to CNBC

Why the opening date carries weight

Jupiter has faced regulatory hurdles and local opposition, including concerns from environmental groups. Those challenges sit alongside the work of getting the campus operational. Oracle’s schedule statement is its current assessment, while the notice addresses what it reportedly wants to happen to payments if the target is missed. The distinction matters: preparing for a possible delay is not the same as announcing one.

A financing concern on a different clock

Financing adds another reason to follow Jupiter’s progress. CNBC, citing the Financial Times, reported concerns about $18 billion in Oracle debt tied to the data center, which was already trading at stressed levels. That is an existing financing concern; Blue Owl says the new notice has not changed its commitments to the multi-year project.

On September 10, Oracle co-CEO Clay Magouyrk told analysts that Jupiter would not affect the company’s previously stated fiscal 2027 revenue or earnings guidance. That assurance concerns a fiscal year before the expected 2028 opening. It does not settle what a late opening would mean for payments or costs; those consequences depend on whether the campus misses its target.

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  1. cnbc.comOracle sends 'force majeure' notice about data center project — stock sinks 7%

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