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Cloud provider Nscale agreed to acquire software startup Anyscale in a $1.65 billion deal to help customers optimize AI computing power and efficiency. The acquisition consolidates cloud infrastructure capabilities in the rapidly growing AI sector.
Nscale, a British AI cloud provider backed by Nvidia, filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 2026, for a New York Stock Exchange listing. The move marks the latest AI infrastructure company turning to public markets.
LONDON, Sept. S.
Anthropic committed to spending $45 billion to rent AI cloud computing power from Nscale for data center development in West Virginia as of August 26, 2026. The deal represents a major investment in securing computing capacity for AI model development.
British AI neocloud company Nscale is acquiring software startup Anyscale, which provides tools for companies to scale AI workloads across distributed computing environments.
Nscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to raise additional funds in anticipation of an upcoming IPO.
Nscale, a cloud computing firm focused on artificial intelligence, was in talks with potential investors as of September 4, 2026, to raise up to $3.5 billion in financing ahead of a planned initial public offering. The company is positioning itself for a major capital raise before going public.
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The No. 2 exec at OpenAI also led Instacart through its IPO in 2023.
The new deal with the infrastructure provider is the latest example of Anthropic's white-hot compute-gobbling streak.
The incident is the first known breach to affect a government agency, and Australia's prime minister has vowed to hold OpenAI accountable.
The British AI data center developer depends on tech giants Microsoft and Anthropic for most of its revenue.
The former UK deputy prime minister is a board member of the UK-based company and owns 917,000 shares Nick Clegg could make approximately $40m (£30m) from the planned float of Nscale as the UK-based datacentre company prepares for a US stock market listing. The former UK deputy prime minister owns more than 917,000 shares in the startup, which is reportedly seeking a valuation of up to $35bn in a flotation.
As of 2026-09-25, a major UK datacentre project hailed by the government faces delays extending into the mid-2030s, missing its originally planned 2027 launch due to power supply constraints. The facility was promoted as the UK's largest AI supercomputer.