A TON OF THINGS HAPPENED IN THE STOCK MARKET TODAY.
Here's a full recap:
1. Nvidia $NVDA and Palantir $PLTR expanded their AI partnership, building a new stack that combines Palantir’s sovereign AI platform with Nvidia’s custom Nemotron open models. The technology is being deployed first across Nvidia’s own supply chain, using AI to capture operational intelligence and accelerate the process from “wafer to first token.” Other companies will be able to deploy the same architecture across their own supply chains, either in the cloud or on-prem. The partnership, first announced in October 2025, has continued compounding into new verticals, use cases, and sovereign AI deployments built around one core idea: enterprises and governments want to own, control, and make sense of their own data. Palantir also hosted its 11th AIPCon today, where partners showcased how they are using Ontology, Foundry, AIP, and Sovereign AI to solve complex operational problems.
2. U.S. PPI came in slightly hotter than expected, rising 5.4% YoY versus 5.3% expected, while monthly PPI rose 0.4%, in line with estimates. Core PPI was 4.6% YoY, matching expectations, while core monthly PPI rose 0.2%, below the 0.3% estimate. Initial jobless claims came in at 206K versus 205K expected, showing labor-market claims remain broadly steady even as producer inflation stays elevated.
3. Microsoft $MSFT plans to triple its global data center capacity, expanding from roughly 12 GW today to more than 38 GW by 2032, according to Bloomberg. That would add about 26 GW of capacity, with AI-specific compute expected to grow from around 2 GW today to roughly one-third of total capacity by 2032, or about 13 GW. The target excludes compute rented from neoclouds like CoreWeave. The buildout comes after capacity shortages forced Microsoft to restrict some cloud subscriptions and turn away AI and cloud demand. Microsoft spent $145B in capex last fiscal year and has $329B in future data center lease commitments.
4. Oracle $ORCL delivered more than 300,000 GPUs to AI cloud customers since the end of Q4, nearly tripling the capacity delivered in Q4 FY26. The company’s RPO surged by $209B YoY to $664B after booking more than $30B of additional AI cloud contracts in Q1. Q1 revenue came in at $19.3B versus $19.14B expected, up 30% YoY, while adjusted EPS was $1.92 versus $1.74 expected, also up 30% YoY. Cloud revenue reached $11.6B, up 62% YoY, led by cloud infrastructure revenue of $7.4B, up 121% YoY. Oracle also guided FY revenue to at least $90B and adjusted EPS to $8.10, while disclosing $28.5B of capex, -$5.4B of free cash flow, and a $20B ATM equity program.
5. The top 10 most active options today by contracts traded were $AAPL with 2.8M contracts, $NVDA with 2.3M contracts, $TSLA with 1.6M contracts, $SPCX with 1.2M contracts, $MU with 769K contracts, $META with 750K contracts, $ORCL with 733K contracts, $INTC with 628K contracts, $GOOGL with 475K contracts, and $AMZN with 409K contracts.
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