A massive contracted-demand signal can translate into a second growth curve if delivered capacity and cash conversion catch up. The risk is that leverage and concentration keep the multiple capped.

Oracle’s non-linear setup is “contract-to-delivery”: if it turns today’s AI-cloud contracted demand into reliably delivered OCI capacity and re-attaches database/apps + enterprise agent governance, it can compound into a scaled enterprise AI utility; the gating item is proving capex-to-cash conversion through the 2026–2028 build phase.

AI commoditizes cognition; value shifts to trusted enterprise data/workflow surfaces plus scalable compute. Oracle owns both (database/apps + OCI), but lacks frontier-model/energy vertical integration versus top hyperscalers.

Oracle can plausibly deliver a second S-curve by converting unusually large contracted cloud demand into shipped capacity, while using its database/apps surface area to attach higher-trust governance, data, and workflow spend. If OCI becomes a material share of revenue and cash conversion improves as the buildout matures, investors can keep valuing Oracle closer to a cloud platform than a legacy license business. The key is scaling without turning the P&L into a depreciation/interest treadmill.

The dominant risk is a capex-to-cash mismatch during a leveraged build phase: Oracle must convert contracted AI demand into utilized, collectible revenue fast enough to avoid a multi-year de-rating. Concentration in a handful of mega-deals amplifies downside if timing, pricing, or counterparties weaken, while power and supply-chain constraints can delay capacity and impair returns.

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