Nvidia backs AI data center startup Nscale as it hits $14.6 billion valuation

Nvidia backs AI data center startup Nscale as it hits .6 billion valuation


AI data center startup Nscale has raised $2 billion at a $14.6 billion valuation, the company announced on Monday, as the AI infrastructure boom continues.

The Series C featured Nvidia and was led by Aker ASA and 8090 Industries. It also featured Astra Capital Management, Citadel, Dell, Jane Street, Lenovo, Linden Advisors, Nokia, and Point72.

Fresh funds would help accelerate Nscale’s development of vertically integrated AI infrastructure — from GPU compute and networking to data services and orchestration software — across Europe, North America, and Asia, the company said in a statement.

The AI boom is “leading to the largest infrastructure buildout in human history,” said Josh Payne, CEO and founder of UK-based Nscale, echoing past comments from Jensen Huang, CEO at Nvidia, which invested in the round. “We are building this foundation that the market sits on, the engine of superintelligence.”

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