{"id":36337,"date":"2026-07-15T02:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T00:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?guid=15a8ed257c91a13dc9ea57b105deace1"},"modified":"2026-07-15T02:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T00:13:00","slug":"qumulusai-issues-fiscal-year-2026-guidance-300-million-in-forward-arr-backed-by-18-mw-of-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?p=36337","title":{"rendered":"QumulusAI Issues Fiscal Year 2026 Guidance: $300 Million in Forward ARR, Backed by 18 MW of Capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<i>QumulusAI expects approximately 30x ARR growth in fiscal 2026 over fiscal 2025, with line of sight to 2.5 gigawatts in 2027<\/i><\/p><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260714076612\/en\/2851824\/5\/Corporate_Profile.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260714076612\/en\/2851824\/22\/Corporate_Profile.jpg\" \/><\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260714076612\/en\/2851824\/5\/Corporate_Profile.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260714076612\/en\/2851824\/21\/Corporate_Profile.jpg\" \/><\/a><p>ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--QumulusAI, a neocloud infrastructure provider purpose-built for the artificial intelligence (AI) computing era, today issued fiscal year 2026 guidance in an investor outlook update covering two operational metrics: forward annualized recurring revenue (ARR) and capacity. For fiscal year 2026, the company expects forward ARR of $300 million, approximately 30x growth in fiscal 2026 over fiscal 2025, backed by 18 megawatts (MW) of year-end fiscal 2026 data center capacity with a line of sight to 2.5 gigawatts (GW) by year-end fiscal 2027. A supplemental guidance presentation is available on the company\u2019s newly launched investor relations website at <a  href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Finvestors.qumulusai.com%2F&amp;esheet=54570616&amp;newsitemid=20260714076612&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=investors.qumulusai.com&amp;index=1&amp;md5=bbb10431fefa59b04aa1bea2be747810\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">investors.qumulusai.com<\/a>.<\/p><p>\nThe forward ARR guidance reflects breakout growth. Forward ARR of $300 million is expected as of December 31, 2026, and comprises executed contract revenue to date, expected renewals, deposit-backed compute capacity reservations and projected contract signings, in each case reflecting ARR expected upon activation of the associated compute capacity.<\/p><p>\nThat revenue is backed by continued delivery of compute capacity fueled by customer demand. QumulusAI expects 18 MW of data center capacity as of December 31, 2026, comprising 8 MW of active high-performance computing (HPC) power and 10 MW of HPC power in development, under executed lease or colocation agreements that are operational or undergoing build-out, power activation, or customer deployment. Growth beyond 2026 is supported by line of sight to 2.5 GW of capacity by the end of fiscal year 2027. QumulusAI\u2019s national footprint currently includes active sites in Marietta, Georgia; Kansas City, Missouri; Denver, Colorado; and two sites in Philadelphia, with an Oklahoma site and additional colocation partners in development. Through the QAI Moon joint venture and its agreement with Connected Nation Internet Exchange Points, the company sees a path to 125 network-edge sites across its distributed AI-XP footprint.<\/p><p>\n\u201cAI\u2019s biggest barrier isn\u2019t intelligence; it\u2019s the infrastructure to power it. We don\u2019t build the models \u2014 we build the infrastructure that powers them,\u201d said Michael Maniscalco, CEO of QumulusAI. \u201cOur focus in 2026 is straightforward: bring GPU capacity online in months, not years, and convert it into durable recurring revenue.\u201d<\/p><p>\nQumulusAI houses the latest NVIDIA GPUs, including Blackwell (B300\/B200), Hopper (H100\/H200) and RTX PRO 6000, in colocation facilities and data centers of less than 50 MW capacity, on a quarterly deployment cadence designed to accelerate time to value for customers.<\/p><p>\n\u201cWe designed this guidance framework to be simple to track,\u201d said Scott Krosnowski, CFO of QumulusAI. \u201cForward ARR and capacity capture both sides of our model: the demand we activate and the infrastructure we deliver it on. We are issuing this as annual guidance, and we expect to update our outlook for 2027 at the end of the year.\u201d<\/p><p>\n<b>Fiscal Year 2026 Guidance<\/b><\/p><p>\nFor fiscal year 2026, QumulusAI is providing the following guidance:<\/p><table cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"bwtablemarginb bwblockalignl bwwidth100\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bwtopsingle bwsinglebottom bwleftsingle bwrightsingle bwrowaltcolor1 bwwidth50 bwpadl1\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\"><p class=\"bwcellpmargin\">\n<b>Metric<\/b><\/p><\/td><td class=\"bwtopsingle bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwrowaltcolor1 bwwidth50 bwpadl1\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\"><p class=\"bwcellpmargin\">\n<b>FY2026 Guidance<\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bwsinglebottom bwleftsingle bwrightsingle bwwidth50 bwpadl1\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\"><p class=\"bwcellpmargin\">\nForward Annualized Recurring Revenue (ARR)\u00b9<\/p><\/td><td class=\"bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwwidth50 bwpadl1\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\"><p class=\"bwcellpmargin\">\n$300M (~30x growth in fiscal 2026 over fiscal 2025)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bwsinglebottom bwleftsingle bwrightsingle bwwidth50 bwpadl1\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\"><p class=\"bwcellpmargin\">\nCapacity\u00b2<\/p><\/td><td class=\"bwsinglebottom bwrightsingle bwwidth50 bwpadl1\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\"><p class=\"bwcellpmargin\">\n18 MW (line of sight to 2.5 GW by year-end fiscal 2027)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table><table cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"bwtablemarginb bwblockalignl\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bwvertalignt bwpadl0\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\"><p class=\"bwcellpmargin\">\n\u00b9 Forward ARR expected as of December 31, 2026, comprising executed contract revenue to date, expected renewals, deposit-backed compute capacity reservations, and projected contract signings, in each case reflecting ARR expected upon activation of the associated compute capacity. \u00b2 Data center capacity under executed lease or colocation agreements, operational or undergoing build-out, power activation, or customer deployment, in each case available for, or expected to become available for, compute deployments as of December 31, 2026.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table><p>\n<b>New Investor Relations Website<\/b><\/p><p>\nQumulusAI has launched its investor relations website at <a  href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Finvestors.qumulusai.com%2F&amp;esheet=54570616&amp;newsitemid=20260714076612&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=investors.qumulusai.com&amp;index=2&amp;md5=169aafc4d7b8447b1d34441b122e8f88\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">investors.qumulusai.com<\/a>. The site hosts the supplemental guidance presentation along with a more comprehensive investor presentation outlining the company\u2019s business model, as well as press releases, SEC filings, events and corporate governance information.<\/p><p>\n<b>About QumulusAI<\/b><\/p><p>\nQumulusAI is a distributed AI cloud platform that delivers accelerated access to high-performance GPU compute. Through an inference-first, demand-led deployment model across a network of data center sites, QumulusAI brings compute closer to customer demand, helping AI teams and enterprises scale production AI workloads with speed, flexibility and control. By combining rapid deployment with flexible private cloud infrastructure, QumulusAI gives customers a faster, more adaptable path beyond the capacity constraints of traditional centralized and hyperscale cloud models. Learn more at <a  href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qumulusai.com%2F&amp;esheet=54570616&amp;newsitemid=20260714076612&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=QumulusAI.com&amp;index=3&amp;md5=1f6813c73d6e894b2329ffc762ea2fac\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">QumulusAI.com<\/a>.<\/p><p>\nFollow us on <a  href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fqumulusai&amp;esheet=54570616&amp;newsitemid=20260714076612&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=LinkedIn&amp;index=4&amp;md5=306b5ae70bd015d0bae9bcfc01a292cf\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">LinkedIn<\/a> and X <a  href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FQumulusAI&amp;esheet=54570616&amp;newsitemid=20260714076612&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=%40QumulusAI&amp;index=5&amp;md5=dc0c7de3dd38f7df21ab734ba60fad59\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">@QumulusAI<\/a>.<\/p><p>\n<b>Forward-Looking Statements<\/b><\/p><p>\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements regarding the company\u2019s fiscal year 2026 guidance, expected forward ARR, expected capacity, the timing, scale and pace of GPU deployments and related capacity expansion, data center development plans, and future performance. Words such as \u201canticipate,\u201d \u201cbelieve,\u201d \u201cestimate,\u201d \u201cexpect,\u201d \u201cguidance,\u201d \u201cintend,\u201d \u201cmay,\u201d \u201con track,\u201d \u201cplan,\u201d \u201cproject,\u201d \u201ctarget,\u201d \u201cwill\u201d and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management\u2019s current expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, among others, the company\u2019s dependence on a limited number of large customers; the availability and cost of power, network connectivity and specialized hardware such as GPUs; the company\u2019s substantial capital requirements and access to financing; competition and rapid technological change in the HPC and AI markets; the company\u2019s limited operating history and history of net losses; and those described in the \u201cRisk Factors\u201d section of the company\u2019s registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-292514), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as such factors may be updated in the company\u2019s subsequent filings with the SEC. QumulusAI undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.<\/p><p>\n<b>Key Operating Metrics<\/b><\/p><p>\nThis press release includes certain operating metrics, including forward ARR and capacity, that are presented as supplemental measures of the company\u2019s performance. Forward ARR and capacity are measures that management uses to evaluate the company\u2019s growth and expansion, and believes they are useful to investors in assessing future operations. ARR is not necessarily indicative of future revenue under U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and investors should not consider ARR as a substitute for revenue recognized under GAAP or other related measures. These measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies.<\/p><br\/> <b>Contacts<\/b> <br\/><p>\n<b>Investor Contact<\/b><br\/><a  href=\"mailto:investors@qumulusai.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">investors@qumulusai.com<\/a><\/p><p>\n<b>Media Contact<\/b><br\/><a  href=\"mailto:media@qumulusai.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">media@qumulusai.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QumulusAI expects approximately 30x ARR growth in fiscal 2026 over fiscal 2025, with line of sight to 2.5 gigawatts in 2027ATLANTA&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;QumulusAI, a neocloud infrastructure provider purpose-built for the artificial intelligence (AI) compu&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infos-businesswire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36338,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36337\/revisions\/36338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}