QumulusAI Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results
Friday, August 28th, 2026
QumulusAI (Nasdaq: QMLS), a neocloud infrastructure provider purpose-built for the AI computing era, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. This is the company's first quarterly report since it began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on July 16, 2026.
"This was the quarter our model started proving itself," said Michael Maniscalco, CEO of QumulusAI. "AI Compute we had already sold came online and started generating revenue. We signed 21 new direct contracts in the quarter, and last week we contracted up to 3.75 MW in metropolitan Atlanta, our home market, with potential to expand at the same site. Demand is not our constraint. Deploying against it faster than competitors is our goal."
"Revenue more than doubled year over year and gross margin expanded to 67%, as GPU activations grew revenue faster than colocation costs," said Scott Krosnowski, CFO of QumulusAI. "Our most recent Blackwell contracts are generating between $18 million and $20 million of annualized revenue per megawatt, compared with just over $16 million across the installed base. Customers are also committing and paying ahead of delivery — deferred revenue rose $30.5 million in the first half, contributing to $22.3 million of operating cash flow."
Second Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights
All comparisons, unless otherwise noted, are to the three months ended June 30, 2025.
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Revenue of $6.7 million, an increase of $3.6 million, or 118%, from $3.1 million. Compute power revenue grew to $5.6 million, or approximately 84% of total revenue, from $1.3 million, or approximately 43% of total revenue.
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Gross profit of $4.5 million, an increase of $2.8 million, or 163%, from $1.7 million. Gross margin expanded to 67% from 55%.
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Operating loss of $7.7 million, compared to $2.2 million. The increase reflects a $5.8 million rise in depreciation and amortization tied to expanded HPC (High-Performance Computing) infrastructure, as well as higher general and administrative costs associated with public company readiness and headcount growth.
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Net loss of $22.8 million, compared to net income of $12.1 million. The current period includes a $19.2 million non-cash loss on the issuance of convertible notes; the prior-year period included a $14.5 million non-cash gain on remeasurement of the Company's investment in The Cloud Minders.
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Adjusted EBITDA loss of $0.8 million, compared to a loss of $0.3 million, as revenue growth was offset by increased operating costs associated with public company readiness and personnel.
Second Quarter Operational Highlights
Customer and Demand
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Signed 21 new direct customer AI compute contracts during the quarter with aggregate expected take-or-pay contract value of $169.7 million.
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Direct customer relationships grew to more than 96% of the recurring revenue base at quarter end, from less than 10% a year earlier, as the Company completed its transition away from dependence on a single marketplace.
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AI Compute revenue reached 84% of total revenue, up from 61% in the first quarter of 2026 and 43% in the second quarter of 2025.
Infrastructure and Capacity
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Grew the deployed GPU fleet from 952 to 3,088, an increase of approximately 224%.
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Ended the quarter with 8 MW of HPC capacity under executed lease and colocation agreements.
Recent Corporate Developments
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Trading on the Nasdaq Global Market began under the ticker symbol "QMLS" on July 16, 2026.
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Became an NVIDIA Cloud Partner on July 17, 2026.
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Signed more than $120 million in new customer agreements, including a three-year agreement valued at more than $71 million.
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Signed a GPU-as-a-Service agreement with DRW, a diversified trading firm innovating across both traditional and cutting-edge markets.
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Purchased 1,632 NVIDIA Blackwell B300 GPUs to meet accelerating customer demand.
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Entered a colocation agreement in metropolitan Atlanta for up to 3.75 MW, with a right of first offer on up to 7 MW of expansion capacity at the same site.
Webcast and Conference Call
QumulusAI will host a conference call and webcast today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss second quarter 2026 results. The live webcast, together with this release and supplemental materials, is available at investors.qumulusai.com. A replay will be available on the same site following the call.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement its condensed consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP"), the company presents Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure. QumulusAI's reasons for use of this measure and reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP measure and other information are included at the end of this release. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income (loss) or any other measure prepared in accordance with GAAP.


