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Oracle Laid Off Thousands More on Monday to Pay for the AI Data Centers It Is Building on Borrowed Money

Oracle Laid Off Thousands More on Monday to Pay for the AI Data Centers It Is Building on Borrowed Money

Season 2026 Episode 185 Published 4 weeks ago
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Business Insider reported that Oracle began a new round of layoffs on September 14, telling staff by email that 'today is your last working day,' after cutting 21,000 jobs in its last fiscal year. The company is spending $28.5 billion a quarter on data centers, ran $5.4 billion of negative free cash flow, carries about $125 billion of debt, and expanded its restructuring plan by $700 million to $2.8 billion. It is a growing, profitable company converting payroll into compute.

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