SoftBank Group Corp. (9984.T) Latest Company News

Sep 19, 2026, 23:00 UTC
Margin buying balances on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market fell for the week, with NTT, SoftBank Group and Japan Display posting the largest declines as of September 11.
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- s.kabutan.jp
Sep 19, 2026, 13:31 UTC
Oracle's roughly $18 billion loan for its Project Jupiter data center in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, is under pressure, with banks quoting the loan at 89–91 cents on the dollar.
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- m.21jingji.com
- finance.jrj.com.cn
Sep 18, 2026, 19:31 UTC
SoftBank is closing out the week with nearly $21 billion in potential fresh borrowings as it builds out its AI financing capacity.
Source:
- bloomberg.com
Sep 18, 2026, 17:45 UTC
The Candle submarine cable consortium reached a construction milestone in Indonesia, landing a golden buoy at Tanjung Bemban on Batam, as part of the 8,000-km system linking six Asian markets.
Source:
- circleid.com
Sep 18, 2026, 17:14 UTC
SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to acquire the Robotics and AI Institute from Hyundai Motor Group, with the deal now under review by CFIUS.
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- therobotreport.com
- therobotreport.com
Sep 18, 2026, 13:00 UTC
XLSmart announced the start of construction on the 8,000-kilometre Candle Cable System, a subsea fibre optic cable linking Indonesia with Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan.
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- developingtelecoms.com
Sep 18, 2026, 09:09 UTC
SoftBank expanded its credit facility to $6.5 billion, adding to its AI-related debt.
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Sep 18, 2026, 00:02 UTC
On September 17, US-listed ADRs of Japanese equities closed slightly buy-dominant versus Tokyo, with Kikkoman, SoftBank Group and Sumitomo Realty leading gainers and Kawasaki Kisen and Nintendo leading decliners, while Chicago Nikkei 225 futures settled at 64,830 yen, up 745 yen from the Osaka day session.
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- s.kabutan.jp
Sep 17, 2026, 19:11 UTC
Apollo Global Management is in talks to increase its loan to SoftBank's Vision Fund II from $5.4 billion to as much as $9 billion.
Source:
- finance.yahoo.com
Sep 16, 2026, 10:45 UTC
Nokia announced growing global momentum for AI-RAN, with operators including A1 Group, Chunghwa Telecom, du, e&, Mobily, stc, TPG Telecom and Zain Saudi advancing AI-RAN from evaluation to lab and live field trials on NVIDIA platforms.
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Sep 16, 2026, 09:30 UTC
Quantum X Labs Inc. appointed former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen as president of its scientific advisory board.
Source:
- jpost.com
Sep 15, 2026, 17:00 UTC
SoftBank Group shares jumped 7.5% in Tokyo trading, recouping overnight losses.
Source:
- wptf.com
Sep 15, 2026, 10:15 UTC
Tokyo stocks closed lower on September 15, 2026, with the Nikkei Stock Average down 8.89 points (0.01%) to 63,484.10 and the Topix index down 21.05 points (0.52%) to 4,037.16, amid caution ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting.
Source:
- english.news.cn
Sep 15, 2026, 06:15 UTC
SoftBank shares fell around 10%, Kioxia about 7% and SK Hynix around 6% in Asian trading on Monday, while Nvidia also declined in premarket trading.
Source:
- investinglive.com
Sep 15, 2026, 02:38 UTC
SB Energy Inc., a data center firm backed by SoftBank Group Corp., is aiming to raise as much as $500 million in the Japanese portion of its planned initial public offering in the US.
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Sep 14, 2026, 09:00 UTC
Rakuten Group's mobile unit Rakuten Mobile has invested only 40-70% of what rivals NTT Docomo, KDDI and SoftBank spent on mobile network capex over the seven years since its 2019 entry, and its roaming contract with KDDI expires at the end of September.
Source:
- nikkei.com
Sep 14, 2026, 01:54 UTC
SoftBank's credit default swaps widened by 3 basis points to their highest level in six months.
Source:
- finance.sina.cn
Sep 14, 2026, 01:40 UTC
SoftBank Group shares fell sharply after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said OpenAI would not go public within 2026.
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Sep 14, 2026, 00:32 UTC
SoftBank Group shares slid 13%, the most in nearly three months, after Anthropic and OpenAI leaders urged caution on AI development for safety reasons.
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Sep 14, 2026, 00:03 UTC
On September 14, 2026, Kioxia was quoted at a special ask price on the Tokyo market, drawing the largest sell orders at 77.1 billion yen.
Source:
- s.kabutan.jp
Sep 13, 2026, 18:00 UTC
Nvidia is helping fund a 12-gigawatt data center campus that OpenAI is building in Ohio alongside SoftBank Energy.
Source:
- finance.yahoo.com
Sep 12, 2026, 23:15 UTC
Short-selling balances (margin sell positions) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market increased for the week, with Simplex Inc., Japan Airport Terminal, and Lintec leading the rise as of September 4.
Source:
- s.kabutan.jp
Sep 11, 2026, 15:15 UTC
Nvidia is reportedly in talks with OpenAI and SoftBank to develop a $500 billion data center in southern Ohio.
Source:
- newrepublic.com
Sep 11, 2026, 14:15 UTC
OpenAI leased an 8-gigawatt computing campus in Ohio from SoftBank's SB Energy, a site expected to draw on at least 10 gigawatts of new generation, with Nvidia backing part of the project via a $1.5 billion stake and chip supply guarantees.
Source:
- webpronews.com
Sep 11, 2026, 09:45 UTC
The United Arab Emirates is revising its 5-gigawatt UAE-US AI Campus data center project, shifting from a single 10-square-mile Abu Dhabi campus to a network of data centers across the UAE with added air defenses and underground facilities after Iranian attacks.
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Sep 11, 2026, 06:45 UTC
Fitch Ratings assigned SoftBank Group a first-time 'BB+' credit rating with a stable outlook.
Sep 11, 2026, 00:03 UTC
At 9:03 JST on September 11, 2026, Advantest led special sell quotes on the Tokyo market with 56.5 billion yen of sell orders against 47.5 billion yen of buy orders, while Kioxia, Nikkei Leveraged, SoftBank Group, Fujikura, Murata Manufacturing and Ibiden also saw lowered sell quotes.
Source:
- s.kabutan.jp
Sep 10, 2026, 23:46 UTC
SoftBank Group's recent rally pushed its short interest as a percentage of float to a one-year high of 2.27% as of Wednesday, raising short squeeze risk.
Source:
- bloomberg.com
Sep 10, 2026, 05:51 UTC
Grab is in talks to acquire SoftBank-backed fintech company Atome.
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Sep 2, 2026, 00:53 UTC
SB Energy, an AI data center company backed by SoftBank, OpenAI, and Nvidia, filed an IPO application with the U.S. SEC, aiming to raise up to $7 billion.
Source:
- aastocks.com
- nikkei.com
Sep 2, 2026, 00:03 UTC
On September 2, 2026, at 9:03 AM, 57 stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange showed special sell indications, with Nikkei Leveraged ETF (1570) leading with 242 billion yen in sell orders, while 12 stocks showed special buy indications, led by Nikkei Double Inverse ETF (1357) with 3.02 billion yen in buy orders.
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- s.kabutan.jp
Aug 27, 2026, 01:37 UTC
SoftBank is in talks to acquire a majority stake in humanoid robot maker 1X at a valuation of $6 billion.
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Aug 17, 2026, 13:00 UTC
Gravis Robotics announced that SoftBank is investing $200 million in its Series A round, the largest in construction robotics history.
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9984.T

Margin buying balances on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market fell for the week, with NTT, SoftBank Group and Japan Display posting the largest declines as of September 11.

Oracle's roughly $18 billion loan for its Project Jupiter data center in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, is under pressure, with banks quoting the loan at 89–91 cents on the dollar.

SoftBank is closing out the week with nearly $21 billion in potential fresh borrowings as it builds out its AI financing capacity.

The Candle submarine cable consortium reached a construction milestone in Indonesia, landing a golden buoy at Tanjung Bemban on Batam, as part of the 8,000-km system linking six Asian markets.

SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to acquire the Robotics and AI Institute from Hyundai Motor Group, with the deal now under review by CFIUS.

XLSmart announced the start of construction on the 8,000-kilometre Candle Cable System, a subsea fibre optic cable linking Indonesia with Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan.

SoftBank expanded its credit facility to $6.5 billion, adding to its AI-related debt.

Apollo Global Management is in talks to increase its loan to SoftBank's Vision Fund II from $5.4 billion to as much as $9 billion.

Nokia announced growing global momentum for AI-RAN, with operators including A1 Group, Chunghwa Telecom, du, e&, Mobily, stc, TPG Telecom and Zain Saudi advancing AI-RAN from evaluation to lab and live field trials on NVIDIA platforms.

Quantum X Labs Inc. appointed former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen as president of its scientific advisory board.

SoftBank Group shares jumped 7.5% in Tokyo trading, recouping overnight losses.

Tokyo stocks closed lower on September 15, 2026, with the Nikkei Stock Average down 8.89 points (0.01%) to 63,484.10 and the Topix index down 21.05 points (0.52%) to 4,037.16, amid caution ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting.

SoftBank shares fell around 10%, Kioxia about 7% and SK Hynix around 6% in Asian trading on Monday, while Nvidia also declined in premarket trading.

SB Energy Inc., a data center firm backed by SoftBank Group Corp., is aiming to raise as much as $500 million in the Japanese portion of its planned initial public offering in the US.

Rakuten Group's mobile unit Rakuten Mobile has invested only 40-70% of what rivals NTT Docomo, KDDI and SoftBank spent on mobile network capex over the seven years since its 2019 entry, and its roaming contract with KDDI expires at the end of September.

SoftBank's credit default swaps widened by 3 basis points to their highest level in six months.

SoftBank Group shares fell sharply after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said OpenAI would not go public within 2026.

SoftBank Group shares slid 13%, the most in nearly three months, after Anthropic and OpenAI leaders urged caution on AI development for safety reasons.

On September 14, 2026, Kioxia was quoted at a special ask price on the Tokyo market, drawing the largest sell orders at 77.1 billion yen.

Nvidia is helping fund a 12-gigawatt data center campus that OpenAI is building in Ohio alongside SoftBank Energy.

Short-selling balances (margin sell positions) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market increased for the week, with Simplex Inc., Japan Airport Terminal, and Lintec leading the rise as of September 4.

Nvidia is reportedly in talks with OpenAI and SoftBank to develop a $500 billion data center in southern Ohio.

OpenAI leased an 8-gigawatt computing campus in Ohio from SoftBank's SB Energy, a site expected to draw on at least 10 gigawatts of new generation, with Nvidia backing part of the project via a $1.5 billion stake and chip supply guarantees.

The United Arab Emirates is revising its 5-gigawatt UAE-US AI Campus data center project, shifting from a single 10-square-mile Abu Dhabi campus to a network of data centers across the UAE with added air defenses and underground facilities after Iranian attacks.

Fitch Ratings assigned SoftBank Group a first-time 'BB+' credit rating with a stable outlook.

At 9:03 JST on September 11, 2026, Advantest led special sell quotes on the Tokyo market with 56.5 billion yen of sell orders against 47.5 billion yen of buy orders, while Kioxia, Nikkei Leveraged, SoftBank Group, Fujikura, Murata Manufacturing and Ibiden also saw lowered sell quotes.

SoftBank Group's recent rally pushed its short interest as a percentage of float to a one-year high of 2.27% as of Wednesday, raising short squeeze risk.

Grab is in talks to acquire SoftBank-backed fintech company Atome.

SB Energy, an AI data center company backed by SoftBank, OpenAI, and Nvidia, filed an IPO application with the U.S. SEC, aiming to raise up to $7 billion.

SoftBank is in talks to acquire a majority stake in humanoid robot maker 1X at a valuation of $6 billion.

Gravis Robotics announced that SoftBank is investing $200 million in its Series A round, the largest in construction robotics history.