Nvidia’s Next Act: Vera Rubin Ships to OpenAI While the Market Waits for Microsoft’s AI Spending Signal
Published on 07/23/2026 at 16:41 | Redaktion boerse-global.de
Nvidia’s stock edged up 2.30 percent to €186.10 on Wednesday, as the chipmaker confirmed that its next-generation Vera Rubin platform has entered full production and is already landing in customer data centers. OpenAI and CoreWeave are among the first recipients of the VR200-based systems, marking a decisive shift from Nvidia’s traditional role as a GPU supplier to a full-stack provider of AI infrastructure.
The Vera Rubin platform represents a significant technical leap. At its heart sits the “Vera” processor — Nvidia’s first in-house server chip built around proprietary “Olympus” cores, directly challenging Intel and AMD on their home turf of x86 servers. Individual Vera chips are estimated to cost around $5,000, while complete rack systems like the NVL72 can reach $8 million. The cable-free, fanless design promises faster deployment and lower maintenance for hyperscalers.
Early benchmarks from partner CoreWeave underscore the performance jump. The NVL72 system delivers ten times more “tokens per megawatt” than the previous Grace-Blackwell generation — a metric that matters as power consumption becomes the primary bottleneck for AI factories. That efficiency gain comes courtesy of sixth-generation NVLink interconnects paired with HBM4 memory, pushing bandwidth to 22 terabytes per second. Nvidia also claims market leadership in data-center Ethernet switches for the first time, powered by its Spectrum-X networking technology.
The Cloud Customer Countdown
Despite the hardware milestone, Nvidia’s near-term share price remains hostage to earnings reports from its biggest customers. Microsoft kicks off the reporting season on July 29 with its fiscal fourth-quarter results, followed by Meta, Amazon, and Alphabet later in the month. Their capital expenditure plans for artificial intelligence are widely viewed as the earliest proxy for Nvidia’s chip orders — a proxy that matters until Nvidia delivers its own fiscal second-quarter report in late August.
Should investors sell immediately? Or is it worth buying Nvidia?
The critical question for investors is whether these cloud giants merely reaffirm existing spending plans or signal an acceleration. A strong Microsoft cloud revenue beat, coupled with an upgraded fiscal 2027 capex forecast, would be a bullish signal for Nvidia. It would suggest the AI infrastructure investment wave has not yet peaked. Conversely, any hint of a spending pause or deceleration could rattle confidence in the valuation thesis that underpins Nvidia’s entire market cap.
Technical Picture: Room to Run
At €186.10, Nvidia sits 2.59 percent above its 50-day moving average of €181.41 and 11.28 percent above the 200-day average of €166.02. The relative strength index of 57.6 indicates neutral-to-slightly-bullish momentum — enough headroom before the stock enters overbought territory. Analyst price targets remain well above current levels, with several near or above $300, though the euro-dollar exchange rate will determine the local-currency upside.
The stock has gained 16.11 percent since the start of the year but remains 8.10 percent below its May record high of €202.50. That gap could narrow if the cloud earnings season delivers the right signals.
Sovereign AI and Export Headwinds
Beyond the hyperscalers, Nvidia is leaning into “Sovereign AI” — government-funded national AI infrastructure projects. Japan’s new national AI initiative and partnerships with European providers such as Deutsche Telekom are expected to sustain hardware and software upgrade demand well into 2026. In the first quarter of fiscal 2027, Nvidia posted record revenue of $81.6 billion, up 85 percent year-over-year, with the “AI Clouds, Industrial and Enterprise” segment contributing $37.4 billion alone.
Geopolitical risks, however, remain a persistent drag. On July 23, White House officials accused Chinese AI startup Moonshot of accessing restricted Nvidia hardware, potentially violating U.S. export controls. The allegations come amid reports of a growing black market for high-end GPUs in Asia, where prices for banned Blackwell and Vera Rubin components have reportedly doubled since the start of the year. Meanwhile, Washington has resumed issuing licenses for Nvidia’s H20 chips in China — a process still underway — offering a partial counterweight to the negative headlines.
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The Bear Case: Caution from Within
Not all signals are bullish. The broader AI trade has cooled, and Reuters reported in late June that OpenAI may delay its initial public offering until 2027 to protect a $1 trillion valuation. For a sector where Nvidia is the bellwether, a marquee name postponing its market debut reads as a warning on inflated valuations.
Institutional positioning adds another layer of caution. Net short positions in Nvidia stock stand at roughly $16.7 million — the highest among major chip stocks. While leveraged ETF bets on Nvidia total about $5.6 billion against daily trading volume of $28.8 billion, a weaker-than-expected investment signal from any of the cloud giants could test the stock’s annualized volatility of 34.66 percent and push it back toward the 50-day moving average.
What Comes Next
For now, the technical setup favors a retest of the May record high — provided the cloud commentary remains upbeat. The Vera Rubin deliveries give Nvidia a fresh product narrative, but the market’s immediate focus is on Microsoft’s July 29 report. A strong capex outlook would reinforce the bull case; any sign of hesitation would shift the momentum. Nvidia’s own fiscal second-quarter results in late August will ultimately settle the debate, but between now and then, the stock is trading on borrowed signals.
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