CoreWeave launches $3 billion convertible debt sale

Nvidia-backed CoreWeave said on Thursday it plans to raise $3 billion through a convertible debt offering, highlighting the massive funding needs to support the AI infrastructure buildout.

Shares of the neocloud were down more than 2% in premarket trading. Through the last close, they have gained over 16% so far this year.

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Initial buyers of the debt may purchase up to an additional $500 million. CoreWeave said it would use some of the money to protect against dilution and the rest would fund its operations.

It also launched an at-the-market stock sale program for up to 35 million shares, potentially raising about $2.92 billion at Wednesday's closing price, though it will determine whether to sell shares based on market conditions.

The ATM program, managed by Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and others, is part of CoreWeave's effort to move toward an investment-grade credit profile.

In the third quarter, CoreWeave said it signed short-term customer contracts for compute capacity priced at about $40 million per megawatt on an annualized basis. It increased contracted power to about 4.2 gigawatts from 3.7 GW at the end of June.

In August, the company reported revenue backlog of $104.2 billion in the second quarter, later disclosing more than $25 billion in additional customer commitments signed early in the third quarter.