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  "id": 3233045,
  "title": "Nvidia faces growth test as Rubin debut meets AI financing scrutiny",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/nvidia-faces-growth-test-as-rubin-debut-meets-ai-financing-scrutiny",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-25T10:02:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/nvidia-faces-growth-test-rubin-debut-meets-ai-financing-scrutiny-6339831"
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  "account": "On Wednesday, Nvidia will release their results, which could determine if their newest Rubin chips will spur another wave of rapid expansion. The company has been the leading winner from the drive to build AI infrastructure. However, its stock has been under attack as the firm has invested billions into the AI sector, causing worry about its involvement in what are called circular deals that may inflate demand and skew economic data. Shares of Nvidia have climbed 11.8% this year and have fallen behind other rivals, briefly allowing Apple to overtake it as the world's most valuable company. Analysts anticipate Nvidia's revenue in the second quarter to nearly double from the year prior to $92.18 billion, the fastest growth in seven quarters, due to a more than doubling of data center sales, according to LSEG. Investors are now closely watching how quickly Nvidia can shift customers from their Blackwell chips to the upcoming Vera Rubin processors, with shipments anticipated to commence this autumn. This growth is fueled by a spending surge by major tech giants on data centers and significant investments by smaller AI-focused cloud companies like CoreWeave, which are backed by Nvidia.\n\nRecent actions have raised concerns, as Nvidia helped arrange $500 billion in financing for customers developing AI infrastructure from six major U.S. financial institutions. Last week, Nvidia also guaranteed up to $105 billion to aid OpenAI in leasing a massive Ohio data center for two decades, one of its largest AI financing commitments. This places Nvidia in a central banking-like role in the AI sector. Brian Mulberry, chief market strategist at Zacks Investment Management, stated that Nvidia is acting as a central bank in the AI space. The company argues that using its balance sheet to support the AI boom makes sense as it has substantial cash reserves to aid customers experiencing rapid growth but still facing losses. Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, believes the Ohio data-center guarantee was not circular financing because OpenAI would pay for the lease, and Nvidia was merely financing and securing data centers, power supplies, and facilities to house its chips for decades.",
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    "Nvidia's Q2 revenue expected to nearly double to $92.18 billion",
    "Concerns over AI financing and circular deals impact stock",
    "Nvidia acting as central bank in AI sector with $500B+ financing"
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        "title": "Nvidia faces growth test as Rubin debut meets AI financing scrutiny",
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        "published": "2026-08-25T10:42:42.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Nvidia’s dependence on hyperscalers faces big test in earnings report",
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