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    Oracle Drops ~5% After Declaring Force Majeure on New Mexico Facility

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    Oracle Drops ~5% After Declaring Force Majeure on New Mexico Facility

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    Oracle (ORCL) shares fell approximately 5% on September 24 following the company's decision to declare force majeure on a major data center development project in New Mexico. The suspension was attributed directly to power supply bottlenecks. The event signals growing infrastructure and grid interconnection delays facing hyperscalers and cloud infrastructure providers attempting to ramp AI capacity.

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    Market Ontology
    Evidence through
    2026-09-25
    Published
    2026-10-20
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    1 · 2026-10-20

    Cite as: Market Ontology, “Oracle Drops ~5% After Declaring Force Majeure on New Mexico Facility”, revision 1, evidence through 2026-09-25. https://marketontology.com/market-events/2026-09-25/oracle-drops-5-after-declaring-force-majeure-on-new-mexico-facility-e4c735

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    Oracle Drops ~5% After Declaring Force Majeure on New Mexico Facility
    Oracle (ORCL) shares fell approximately 5% on September 24 following the company's decision to declare force majeure on a major data center development project in New Mexico. The suspension was attributed directly to power supply bottlenecks. The event signals growing infrastructure and grid interconnection delays facing hyperscalers and cloud infrastructure providers attempting to ramp AI capacity.
    ORCL
    Impact
    83
    SEP 25
    SIG
    88%
    ORCL
    Oracle Drops ~5% After Declaring Force Majeure on New Mexico Facility
    Oracle (ORCL) shares fell approximately 5% on September 24 following the company's decision to declare force majeure on a major data center development project in New Mexico. The suspension was attributed directly to power supply bottlenecks. The event signals growing infrastructure and grid interconnection delays facing hyperscalers and cloud infrastructure providers attempting to ramp AI capacity.
    → Grid power delivery bottlenecks delay data center revenue recognition and push capital expenditure payback timelines back for ORCL.
    Impact
    Oracle (ORCL) shares fell approximately 5% on September 24 following the company's decision to declare force majeure on a major data center development project in New Mexico. The suspension was attributed directly to power supply bottlenecks. The event signals growing infrastructure and grid interconnection delays facing hyperscalers and cloud infrastructure providers attempting to ramp AI capacity.
    Affected
    ORCL
    Transmission
    Grid power delivery bottlenecks delay data center revenue recognition and push capital expenditure payback timelines back for ORCL.

    How this development reaches the affected companies

    AssetExposure and channelDirectionEvidence
    ORCLcapex project delay and deferred capacity commercializationDown1-5dOracle tumbled nearly 5% after invoking force majeure on a New Mexico data center project due to power supply issues.

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    What happened next

    AssetCallBase close+1 day+5 days+20 days
    ORCLDownagreed137.10 2026-09-25-3.28%-1.03%Pending

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