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Nscale and Anthropic in Talks for Massive $45 Billion Cloud Computing Deal
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Moneycontrol•20-10-2026, 03:39
Nscale and Anthropic in Talks for Massive $45 Billion Cloud Computing Deal
- •AI cloud computing firm Nscale is in advanced negotiations to sell computing power to Anthropic in a deal valued at approximately $45 billion.
- •The Nvidia-backed data center developer aims to secure this second major agreement for a facility at its Monarch data center campus in West Virginia.
- •The proposed second Monarch building would deliver 460 megawatts of computing power utilizing advanced Nvidia Vera Rubin AI chips.
- •The potential multibillion-dollar agreement would significantly strengthen Nscale's upcoming IPO prospects as it targets a $30 billion market valuation.
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Nscale Ltd. and Anthropic PBC are in negotiations for a cloud computing deal that could be worth about $45 billion.
Microsoft Corp. initially signed a letter of intent in March to lease part of the Monarch data center campus, but walked away from the West Virginia site during the summer.
Nscale filed publicly for a US listing in September and has been working through comments from the US Securities and Exchange Commission on its filing.
