Oracle cites ‘force majeure’ to shield itself on controversial data centre: Bloomberg News

Oracle is seeking to protect itself from potential cost increases related to a large data center project in New Mexico by sending a “force majeure” notice to developer Blue Owl, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

Shares of the company fell around 4% in premarket trading after the report, which cited sources familiar with the matter. Reuters could not independently verify it.

Oracle is aiming to delay payments should the data center dubbed Project Jupiter get derailed and fail to come online in 2028 as planned, rather than exiting as the main tenant, according to the report.