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Applied Digital Beats Q4 Estimates as Three Hyperscaler Leases Create $20B Backlog

The deals lock in multibillion dollars of multiyear revenue while the company races to finish construction, secure power and manage reliance on a few large tenants.

Overview

  • Applied Digital reported fiscal Q4 revenue of $258.7 million and adjusted EPS of $0.04, results published in late July that materially beat Street estimates.
  • The company disclosed three 15‑year take‑or‑pay leases with a single investment‑grade hyperscaler covering about 810 MW and roughly $20 billion in contracted revenue.
  • Applied Digital now has about 1.4 GW of contracted critical IT capacity across five campuses, representing roughly $36 billion in base‑term lease value.
  • A large share of the quarter’s revenue—about $152.4 million—came from one‑time tenant fit‑out services, while GAAP net loss and deeply negative free cash flow reflect heavy ongoing capital spending.
  • Management completed the ChronoScale spinoff while retaining roughly 96% ownership and closed more than $3 billion of secured note financings plus an expanded revolver, giving the firm capital to accelerate builds but increasing leverage and concentrating execution risk around construction, power procurement and a small number of tenants.