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Nvidia weighs guaranteeing billions in loans for Nscale’s West Virginia data center
Nvidia is discussing a guarantee for Nscale’s loans to build an AI data center for Anthropic in West Virginia.
The proposed backing would help Nscale pay for construction and electricity costs.
If Nscale defaulted on construction payments, Nvidia could temporarily take over the facility and help find a buyer and a new tenant.
Anthropic has signed a $44.6 billion contract for the first building, which is planned to have 460 megawatts of capacity and use Nvidia’s next-generation Vera Rubin chips.
Nscale has struggled to deliver on its data center plans, while investors have grown more cautious about the costs of expanding AI computing.
The guarantee would deepen Nvidia’s financial ties to Nscale and could help keep a major customer’s project on track, but the companies are still discussing the arrangement.
Nvidia is in talks to guarantee billions of dollars in debt financing for Nscale’s planned AI data center campus in West Virginia.
The proposed guarantee would help Nscale secure funding for construction and electricity costs, and Nvidia could step in if Nscale defaulted on construction payments.
Anthropic has signed a $44.6 billion contract for the project’s first building, which is planned to have 460 megawatts of capacity.
The proposed arrangement would deepen Nvidia’s financial ties to Nscale and help keep a major customer’s project on track.
Nscale is seeking to go public at a valuation of up to $35 billion, while facing concerns about its ability to deliver its data center projects.
- Who
- Nvidia and AI cloud provider Nscale are discussing the proposed guarantee. Anthropic is the customer for the planned first building.
- What
- Nvidia may guarantee billions of dollars in debt financing for Nscale’s West Virginia data center project.
- When
- The discussions were reported on Thursday. The sources do not give a date for when a deal might be reached.
- Where
- Nscale’s planned data center campus in West Virginia.
- Why
- The guarantee could help Nscale secure financing for construction and electricity costs. It would also help keep the project on track for a major Nvidia-chip customer.
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Nscale had about 25,000 advanced AI chips running, compared with nearly 500,000 it plans to deploy.
Nvidia committed $1 billion in convertible financing to Nscale.
The West Virginia project won state certification after months of negotiations.
The Information reported that Nvidia was in talks to guarantee billions in debt financing for Nscale’s project.
- First-building contract
- $44.6 billion
- First-building capacity
- 460 megawatts
- Potential second deal
- Roughly $45 billion for another building
- Nscale’s targeted IPO valuation
- Up to $35 billion
- Nscale chips running in August
- About 25,000 advanced AI chips