Megaport secures 4 new AI contracts, announces capital raise

Megaport unveils four new AI contracts, a global GPU Pool, and a major capital raising.

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The Megaport Ltd (ASX: MP1) share price is in focus today after the company secured four new AI infrastructure contracts worth A$458.9 million and announced an on-demand GPU Pool to support enterprise AI demand.

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What did Megaport report?

  • Four new AI infrastructure contracts with combined Total Contract Value (TCV) of about A$458.9 million
  • Contracts require around A$369.5 million in capital expenditure, mainly for NVIDIA GPUs, network, and storage infrastructure
  • Pro forma Compute division ARR jumped to A$385.2 million, with total Group ARR at A$662.9 million
  • Network ARR increased 25% year-on-year to A$277.7 million, with Net Revenue Retention at 113%
  • Fully underwritten entitlement offer to raise A$827.3 million for funding these contracts and future growth opportunities
  • FY26 revenue guidance range tightened to between A$307 million and A$315 million; EBITDA margin and Capex guidance unchanged

What else do investors need to know?

Megaport is investing A$350 million in the creation of a new global GPU Pool, aiming to give enterprise customers flexible, on-demand access to AI infrastructure. This approach is designed to address surging demand as workloads shift to latency-sensitive AI inference needs.

The entitlement offer, priced at A$14.30 per new share, is fully underwritten and will help fund both contracted demand and infrastructure expansion. Eligible shareholders can participate according to their June 5 allocation, and both institutional and retail components are included.

What did Megaport management say?

Chief Executive Officer Michael Reid said:

AI inference represents one of the biggest infrastructure opportunities of the next decade…The contracts announced today reflect the accelerating demand for globally-distributed AI inference infrastructure. Megaport's software-provisioned compute, network, and storage platform positions us strongly to meet that demand. The proceeds from the Entitlement Offer will enable us to fulfil contracted customer demand while building an on-demand GPU Pool that creates new opportunities across enterprise and sovereign AI markets globally. As AI adoption accelerates, organisations need seamless access to GPUs, CPUs, storage, and the connectivity that powers them. Megaport is built to deliver it all.

What's next for Megaport?

Megaport plans to roll out its Globally-Distributed AI Inference Cloud, leveraging more than 1,100 connected data centres in 31 countries. The new GPU Pool is expected to be deployed over the next 6–9 months, with servers achieving optimal utilisation within 3–6 months thereafter.

Looking ahead, Megaport expects ongoing investment into storage, network, and compute resources to meet growing AI and cloud demand. The company will update investors on progress at its full-year results announcement in August 2026.

Megaport share price snapshot

Over the past 12 months, Megaport shares have risen 23%, outperforming the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) which has risen 3% over the same period.

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